Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way.

Astronomers have discovered that our solar system traveled through a dense, star-forming region near Orion about 14 million ...

Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may have had a lasting impact on Earth's climate, according to a new study.

motions and additional properties for more than a billion stars in our Milky Way and in our nearest galactic neighbours, the Magellanic Clouds. The third data release (DR3) of the Gaia mission ...

The solar system resides on the inner edge of an outer arm of the Milky Way known as the Orion-Cygnus Arm, which is sometimes called the Local Arm, and was previously known as the Orion Spur. Our ...

11, 2025 — A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy.

A supercluster is usually composed of hundreds or even thousands of clusters of galaxies, and these clusters are ...

Or does the star merely look reddish, since its light has had to travel through a cloud of cosmic dust to reach our telescope ... curve of dust in the Milky Way. This map was made possible by Zhang ...

A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.

The world’s largest digital camera ever made has now been installed and could start photographing the galaxy as early as next ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers at Keele University say these ...