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

Eros appears to buzz the Andromeda Galaxy, courtesy of a livestream hosted by the Virtual Telescope Institute in partnership ...

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

A new study with the incredibly exciting title of "Overdispersed Radio Source Counts and Excess Radio Dipole Detection" has ...

A large radio galaxy study finds our solar system moves faster than theory predicts, raising new questions about how matter ...

It's the third of a generous five Saturdays in the month of November. What did we do to deserve such a bounty of days off? In ...

Our solar system is speeding through the galaxy at more than three times the velocity scientists once believed, according to ...

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is home to multiple wonders. There is our biggest star, VY Canis Majoris, the column-like structures known as the Pillars of Creation, and, in the middle of it all, a ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that ...

Look into the night sky, and it might seem like space is a vast expanse of darkness. But are any regions darker than others? What's the darkest place in the solar system and, on a grander scale, the ...

In a move that has electrified the scientific community, NASA will host a live event at 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 19, to ...

We live on a planet that seems motionless, yet Earth orbits the Sun at a dizzying speed, and our entire Solar System moves through the galaxy. But how fast exactly are we traveling through ...