Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of "Ask a Spaceman" and "Space Radio," and author of "How to Die in Space." Sutter contributed this article to ...
New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted by standard cosmology. Using highly sensitive data from multiple ...
As the solar system was forming billions of years ago, the planet Jupiter carved a gap in the disk of dust and gas around the sun, dividing the inner from the outer solar system. New evidence from ...
When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth.
According to the standard model of cosmology, the universe should be the same everywhere and look the same in every direction. A little caveat on this last part is that it’s the same in every ...
Conventionally, the moon is thought to have formed during one big impact, but a three-impact model might make more sense ...
Banner image: A glass block marks Saturn's spot in the solar system in a new scale model on the CU Boulder campus. (Credit: CU Boulder) Have you ever wanted to travel to Neptune? Thanks to an updated ...
For the first time since 2008, two new planets are being added to one of northern Maine's most famous — and scientifically accurate — roadside attractions. Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the ...