Astronomers measure the speed at which the solar system is hurtling through space by mapping surrounding galaxies and ...

As the Sun and its planets orbit the center of the galaxy, we carve out a path that scientists have previously calculated ...

New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed ...

Scientists analyzed radio galaxies and their distribution in the cosmos and concluded that the solar system is moving faster ...

Study from Bielefeld finds major departure from the standard model. How fast and in what direction is our solar system moving through space? This question, though simple in appearance, plays a central ...

“Our analysis shows that the solar system is moving more than three times faster than current models predict,” Böhme ...

Scientists previously thought the solar system was flying through space at 515,000 mph. It may actually be going three times ...

A newly discovered cluster of objects called the “inner kernel” of the Kuiper belt could teach us about the early history of ...

Spiral Galaxy from Kirkland et al. CREDIT Chris Kirkland and colleagues. A new study of zircon crystals from two of Earth’s oldest continents indicates that the formation of Earth’s continental crust ...

The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are ...

The Gaia space telescope has measured the acceleration of the Solar System when it orbits the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Solar System motion relative to the stars agrees with the results by ...