A massive comet trail may have caused climate upheaval on Earth more than 12,000 years ago, sparking the Younger Dryas.

A study published in Nature Astronomy proposes that the Sun and planets entered a compact interstellar gas cloud, part of the Local Ribbon of Cold Clouds, with particle densities more than 1,000 times ...

A study has suggested that this motion of our star through the galaxy potentially takes us through regions of space that ...

Stars move, and now this paper is showing not only that they move, but they encounter drastic changes,” said Boston University space physicist Merav Opher, whose most recent research proposes that ...

The hypothesis could extend the search for extraterrestrial life to include frigid planets with thin atmospheres and underground water.

The solar system consists of eight planets, several dwarf planets, hundreds of moons, and billions of asteroids, comets and ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

As the Solar System drifts through the Milky Way, it occasionally encounters regions of space capable of reshaping Earth’s ...

Amazon dieback”, as this grim scenario is known, is just one example of what climate scientists refer to as a tipping point: ...

Satellites, including those used for GPS and communications, will face greater risks in coming decades during solar-triggered ...

Scientists have discovered a peculiar supernova that may have resulted from a star's misguided attempt to swallow a black hole. The new case, soon to be published in The Astrophysical Journal, ...