Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Theorbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune may have been altered by the fly-by of an enormous object from deep ...

A massive interstellar object passing through our solar system during its formative years likely altered the orbits of planets into trajectories observed today, a new study says. Interactions with ...

Astronomers surveying the outer solar system have revealed that a rare object far beyond Neptune is moving in sync with the eighth planet in an unexpected way. Called 2020 VN40 and first discovered in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The solar system suddenly has a new member. A new object ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration showing Planet Nine, a hypothetical, undiscovered planet in our solar system. New research now suggests the ...

Scientists have been trying to find a hypothetical Planet 9 that may exist outside our known solar system based on the unusual orbits of certain dwarf planets. But those orbits might not require a ...

The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it’s kept our star system well organized through the influence of its powerful gravity. All the planets revolve around it on ...

Gravity not only maintains the stability of these orbits but also influences phenomena like tides on Earth, caused by the moon's gravitational pull. The paper, authored by David Jewitt from the ...