The intricate whorls and striations of dust that drift between the stars have just been revealed in stupefying detail. In new images from JWST, we're finally seeing exquisite details of the flow and ...

The proposed observatory will also search for the molecular building blocks of life in deep space.

Interstellar dust is a critical element for the formation of stars, planets, and biological life, without which the universe ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected the faint but distinct signature of dust coming from beyond our solar system. The research, led by a team of Cassini scientists primarily from Europe, is ...

Ancient cosmic fingerprint: Researchers found rare isotope iron-60 in Antarctic ice, tracing its origin to ancient supernova explosions. Interstellar cloud clues: Data suggest changes in dust influx ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has observed that infrared glow, revealing fine details resembling the knots and whorls of wood grain. These observations are allowing astronomers to map the true 3D ...

Antarctic ice contains evidence that Earth entered an interstellar dust cloud more than 40,000 years ago 1. As the Solar ...

When you think of outer space, you’re likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of space is filled with clouds of gas, plasma and stardust – known as interstellar clouds. In the local parts ...

Two materials physicists at The University of Sydney have found a possible explanation for the huge amount of molecular hydrogen in space. In their study published in the journal Communications ...

Astronomers at the University of Hawaii today presented new evidence at the national meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC, for the first steps in the formation of new planets ...

These shimmering cosmic curtains show interstellar gas and dust that has been heated by the flashbulb explosion of a long-ago supernova. The gas then glows infrared light in what is known as a thermal ...