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 ...

According to the standard model of cosmology, the universe should be the same everywhere and look the same in every direction ...

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

The universe is supposed to look the same no matter where you stand. That idea, known as the cosmological principle, sits at ...

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 ...

As radio maps of distant galaxies came into focus, researchers saw a pattern they did not expect. Their new analysis now suggests the solar system may be racing through space far faster than long ...

It's possibly as big as Manhattan, likely older than our own solar system, and it's traveling through space at speeds of up to 153,000 miles per hour.

Bielefeld scientist Lukas Böhme, lead author of the study, in front of the Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory in England. How fast and in which direction is our solar system moving ...