Our solar system is racing through space nearly four times faster than thought

Lead author Lukas Böhme and cosmologist Dominik Schwarz at Bielefeld University evaluated the solar system’s motion using ...
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A rogue interstellar object is tearing through our solar system at record speed

An icy visitor from another star system has swept through the inner solar system faster than any object ever tracked on a ...

Astronomers Discover the First Known Moon Outside our Solar System—and What a Moon it Is

A distant 'exomoon' the size of Jupiter is changing how we think about the cosmos.

Japan aims for the moons of Mars

Japan's MMX mission will blast off soon to collect Martian moon samples. The spacecraft will orbit Mars for three years and ...

Two Spacecraft Are Creating Fake 5-Hour Solar Eclipses—And Revealing A Faster Solar Wind

ESA’s Proba-3 mission flies two spacecraft in formation to create artificial solar eclipses lasting up to five hours, giving ...
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Rare Mars meteorite sheds light on billion-year mystery in solar system's past

The discovery of a Martian meteorite may hold the answers scientists have been seeking regarding a 1.8 billion-year-old gap in data, offering new insight into the otherworldly rocks.
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Six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been found in the Milky Way

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system in the Milky Way that boasts six planets orbiting in perfect rhythm like a cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since ...