Conventional images of the Earth and the moon place them close together, the moon hovering, seemingly, right over our planet's shoulder. Of course, this isn't accurate; we know just from looking at ...

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 ...

Study from Bielefeld finds major departure from the standard model. How fast and in what direction is our solar system moving through space? This question, though simple in appearance, plays a central ...

“Our analysis shows that the solar system is moving more than three times faster than current models predict,” Böhme ...

In simple terms, this means the solar system seems to be moving more than three times faster than predictions based on the ...

Have you ever wondered just how big space really is? It’s huge. In fact, it’s astronomical! The Colorado Scale Model Solar System depicts the Sun, the planets, and the distances between them all on ...

A research team, headed by astrophysicist Lukas Böhme at Bielefeld University, has recently uncovered new insights that ...

Remember those textbook diagrams of the solar system or the foam planets that hung in a tidy row from the ceiling of your grade school classroom? All lies. A sprawling new installation at the ...

A scale model of the solar system, with each planet depicted in relief on individual square granite markers installed atop concrete bases embedded in the ground. Each planet bears a laser etched ...