Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show. By Katherine Kornei If our species manages to hang on ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered an ancient stellar body gatecrashing a gathering of hot, young stars.

And sure enough, they were able to recreate the weird orbits seen in the modern solar system. “The best match for today's outer solar system that we found with our simulations is a star that was ...

How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...

From an early age, we are taught to understand that the planets of our solar system change in position while orbiting a central star, the sun. But does the sun itself move within the solar system?