Embark on a free guided tour of the City of Melbourne’s Art and Heritage Collection, located in the Melbourne Town Hall, and ...

In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show.

THE British legend that is Sir David Attenborough has launched a new attraction that feels like stepping straight into his documentaries. From watching a pack of gazelles try to outpace a hungry ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.

This frozen frontier holds the scattered remains of the early solar system, offering scientists rare clues about how planets took shape.

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In short, dynamical studies of the solar system have generally failed to consider the influence that passing field stars will have on the solar planets over time.

Earth Has A 1-In-100,000 Chance Of Being Ejected From The Solar System Due To A Passing Star A new simulation expands on the possible scenarios of how the Solar System will end.

This process, called accretion, is how everything in the solar system – planets, moons, comets and asteroids – came into being. Telescopes can see young solar systems being born.

Jupiter, The Largest Planet In Our Solar System, Was Once Twice As Big Even today, Jupiter dominates the other planets in size, and modeling suggests it was once larger still.