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

Our Solar System orbits the galactic center at an estimated 792,000 kilometers per hour, taking 225 million Earth years to ...

Scientists have discovered an ultra-large structure in the distant universe that calls into question our understanding of the cosmos. The newly uncovered "Big Ring on the Sky" is the second ...

A large radio galaxy study finds our solar system moves faster than theory predicts, raising new questions about how matter ...

A mysterious ultra-large structure discovered in space may challenge our understanding of the cosmos, according to a new study The structure dubbed the "Big Ring on the Sky" lies around 9.2 billion ...

“The cosmological principle is like an ultimate kind of statement of humility,” explains James Adam, astrophysicist at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, and lead author of ...

In mankind's attempts to gain some understanding of this marvelous place in which we live, we have slowly come to accept some principles to help guide our search. One such principle is that the ...

The Milky Way galaxy in which our solar system lies may exist in a "giant void", where space is about a fifth as dense as the universal average. This is the conclusion of a team of researchers from ...