SPACE (KXAN) — A star flying through the night sky may be the fastest-moving solar system in our galaxy. Possibly a planet a little larger than Neptune orbiting a small star, the system could be ...

Now, University of Vienna doctoral student Efrem Maconi thinks that our whole Solar System ... appears to be moving. Comparing that data to estimates about our Solar System's trajectory, the ...

The stars as seen from Earth would have looked dimmer 14 million years ago, as the solar system was in the middle of passing ...

Venus is the second fastest planet in our solar system with a speed of 35.02 kms (78,337 mph) Earth is the third fastest planet in our solar system with a speed of 29.78 kms (66,615 mph ...

Our solar system may not be as isolated as we once thought ... Plus, since the Alpha Centauri system is believed to be moving toward us, scientists calculate we’ll pick up even more cosmic ...

But since all of this is moving, speed is relative. So although Earth orbits the sun at 66,600 mph, and the sun orbits the Milky Way at 514,500 mph, our solar system's speed relative to the CMB is ...

The sun and the solar system appear to be moving at 200 kilometers per second, or at an average speed of 448,000 mph (720,000 km/h). Even at this rapid speed, the solar system would take about 230 ...

Scientists have confirmed a 19-year-old theory on solar flare formation by observing “slip-running” reconnections in the sun’s magnetic field. An international research team, including an ...