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

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

When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth.

All of the objects in our solar system are acted upon by forces. Forces are pushes or pulls. Every force has both a strength and a direction. Applying a force on something–like pushing a toy car–can ...

After studying one of the fragments of an asteroid that exploded over Sudan, a team of scientists arrived at a provocative conclusion. The researchers suggest that at least one giant space rock, the ...

In newly published research, CU Boulder scientists study a rocky exoplanet outside our solar system, learning more about whether and how planets maintain atmospheres In June 2019, Harvard ...

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.