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

New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted by standard cosmology. Using highly sensitive data from multiple ...

Commercial spaceflight is booming and looks to go into full-on kaboom stage in the near future, sparking the need for an ever ...

Is the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS spinning? That is the question currently dominating online astronomy circles, fueled by ...

On Earth, knowing the time feels simple. Your phone pings the same second as a GPS satellite and an atomic clock in a lab.

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

Gravity and motion make time pass faster on Mars than Earth, reshaping navigation, communication, and future crewed missions.

County supervisors are finalizing priorities for the 2026 General Assembly session ahead of a Dec. 10 public hearing on the ...

New videos of interstellar comet 3I ATLAS have ignited public interest. Online discussions suggest the comet might be ...

The new Hubble image shows a compact, bright nucleus wrapped in clouds of gas and dust, which is called the coma ...

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

Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...