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Radio Survey Finds Solar System Moving Far Faster Than Cosmology Predicts

A peer-reviewed analysis reports a highly significant radio-galaxy dipole based on a combined LOFAR data set.

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
An illustration of our solar system, not to scale, which consists of our local star, the sun, several rocky or gaseous planets, plus an assortment of asteroids, comets and other small bodies. A new study said on November 13, 2025, that our solar system is moving through space more than 3 times faster than scientists knew or expected. Image via NASA.

Overview

  • The anisotropy measured in radio-source counts is 3.7 times stronger than expected under the standard cosmological model.
  • Researchers combined LOFAR observations with data from two additional radio surveys to produce a precise sky-wide census of radio galaxies.
  • A new statistical method that models multi-component radio galaxies yielded more realistic uncertainties yet still showed a deviation exceeding five sigma.
  • The study, led by Lukas Böhme with co-author Dominik J. Schwarz of Bielefeld University, is published in Physical Review Letters.
  • The result aligns with earlier quasar and infrared hints and now drives calls for independent verification and scrutiny of possible astrophysical or survey-systematic explanations.