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

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two enormous, blazing stars swung close to the solar system. They did not touch the sun, but ...

A small, icy traveler from deep space has just threaded its way through the inner Solar System, offering a fleeting but ...

The universe is supposed to look the same no matter where you stand. That idea, known as the cosmological principle, sits at the heart of modern astrophysics. It says matter spreads out evenly when ...

SPACE (KXAN) — A star flying through the night sky may be the fastest-moving solar system in our galaxy. Possibly a planet a little larger than Neptune orbiting a small star, the system could be ...

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The discovery provides a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system as well The discovery provides a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system as well The discovery provides a ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

3I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the galaxy. By Kenneth Chang For only the third time, astronomers have found ...

Astronomers have discovered seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around the baby sunlike star providing *** peek into the start of our own solar system. The the thing that we've discovered is ...