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New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.

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One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

Passing stars could trigger instability across the solar system, resulting in Earth being hauled out of its orbit.

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The Voyager probes we sent from Earth back in the 70s found an incredible 'wall of fire' at the edge of our solar system ...

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The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists ...

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...