"If our solar system is indeed moving this fast, we need to question fundamental assumptions about the large-scale structure ...

A team using the LOFAR radio telescope network made this claim. They combined LOFAR data with two other sensitive radio ...

The team, led by astrophysicist Lukas Böhme at Bielefeld University, found that the universe is, in fact, moving more than ...

How fast and in which direction is our solar system moving through the universe? This seemingly simple question is one of the ...

Our solar system is speeding through space much faster than previously thought, challenging the fundamental assumptions that ...

In a striking new view from space, the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has given scientists their first close-up ...

Ever since humans figured out that planets move along predetermined paths in the heavens, they have tried to make models that can accurately predict their motion. Watchmakers and astronomers worked ...

All of the objects in our solar system are acted upon by forces. Forces are pushes or pulls. Every force has both a strength and a direction. Applying a force on something–like pushing a toy car–can ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...