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

At first glance, the night sky appears still. But in reality, everything moves, our Solar System being no exception. As it ...

Gravity provides the force needed to maintain the stable orbit of planets around a star and also of moons and artificial satellites around a planet. The moons around planets in the Solar System ...

Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

But such events are not just a treat for stargazers – they can also have a real impact on our Solar System and offer the opportunity to gain new insights about our place within it. The eight ...

Interstellar material has been discovered in our solar system, but researchers continue to hunt for where it came from and ...

The best part: no motion sickness. Raymond Shubinski Contributing Editor This question and answer originally appeared in the May 2013 issue. The post Where is the solar system heading? appeared ...

which will to complement Kinematics’ actuation systems. This acquisition allows Kinematics to provide a complete solution for solar tracker motion technology, simplifying design integration and ...

The Sun is the largest object in the Solar System. The Sun’s huge gravitational field keeps many other objects – planets, dwarf planets, asteroids and comets – in orbit around it.