Our Solar System orbits the galactic center at an estimated 792,000 kilometers per hour, taking 225 million Earth years to ...

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

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

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

What is the actual speed and direction of our solar system as it moves through the cosmos, and how does this compare to ...

Welcome to SolarBalls, an animated series that combines entertaining visuals with educational content about the solar system ...

Precise measurements from multiple radio telescopes strongly suggest that our solar system is moving far too fast for our ...

While there is a lot of industry investment in space tourism these days, we’re still a long way from the technology leaps (think warp speed and hyperdrives) required for interplanetary travel. But the ...

Artist Oliver Jeffers has unveiled the latest iteration of his massive sculpture, Our Place in Space, a six-mile facsimile of the solar system that stresses just how small we really are. The work, on ...

Have you ever wondered just how big space really is? It’s huge. In fact, it’s astronomical! The Colorado Scale Model Solar System depicts the Sun, the planets, and the distances between them all on ...

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 ...

The John J. McCarthy Observatory in New Milford will unveil its scale model of the solar system Nov. 14. Following a brief ceremony at the Route 7 South observatory, behind the high school, the ...