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

A stark new discovery suggests that there could be big holes in our understanding of cosmology.

Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...

While Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System, on average it spends more time closer to Earth than Venus does.

About 4.5 million years ago, a great cosmic dog kicked past our Solar System – and its effects may still be seen today.

Eight planets, hundreds of moons, hundreds of thousands of asteroids, and billions of comets orbiting our Sun make up our ...

In the early 1980s, two Soviet-era missions, Venera 13 and 14, measured sound waves on Venus, producing a measurement of wind ...

"These images are not just pretty." ...

"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

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Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of Earth’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later formed the moon.