The LHS 1903 system defies expectations with a rocky outer planet, prompting new ideas about how planets form and evolve.

The universe is at it again; scientists have been baffled by a discovery that turns all the knowledge they have on planetary systems on its head. Scientists have discovered an alien solar system ...

Around 70,000 years ago, a small, reddish star came near our solar system and disturbed comets and asteroids – just when modern humans were beginning to leave Africa. The star – Scholz’s star – named ...

Life could have arrived on Earth in ancient collisions with rocks from other solar systems (Image: Hubble/Princeton) Life could have arrived on Earth in rocks from other solar systems, scientists ...

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Defense and Harvard University have announced that aliens may be monitoring Earth by sending small surveillance probes into the solar system. Mr. Loeb is an ...

A comet from another solar system has given rise to reports that it is in fact an alien spaceship. The comet – named 3I/ATLAS – was discovered this summer and led to excitement because it appears to ...