What is the actual speed and direction of our solar system as it moves through the cosmos, and how does this compare to ...

Our solar system is speeding through the galaxy at more than three times the velocity scientists once believed, according to a new peer-reviewed study. The findings,released in November 2025, could ...

Silverman, Leah. "Astronomers Just Created The Most Detailed 3D-Map Of Our Galaxy Yet." AllThatsInteresting.com, November 14, ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The size of the solar system is defined by the volume ...

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

There are plenty of awesome objects in the universe, made more marvelous by scientists’ ability to image and understand the laws and processes that make them possible. Each year, researchers make new ...

Webb captured the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in this mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across.NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team The universe is beautiful, strange, and ...

A mind-bending hypothesis is gaining traction among scientists: The universe may be teeming with microscopic black holes the size of an atom, but with the mass of a city-sized asteroid. Created just a ...

Black holes are one of the most mysterious cosmic phenomena, despite how much we continue to learn about them. While considered a mathematical possibility for many years, the first black hole wasn’t ...

NASA is providing more images and information about the interstellar object that's passing through our solar system right now ...