Research on heliospheric physics and interstellar medium dynamics has advanced our understanding of the complex interaction between the solar wind and the interstellar environment. The heliosphere – a ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) form an integral part of the interstellar medium, underpinning many of the unidentified infrared emission features observed throughout the Universe. Comprised ...

As part of the Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astro2020), the Panel on the Interstellar Medium and Star and Planet Formation will identify and articulate the scientific themes that will ...

Scientists have detected a narrow structure of hot plasma extending from the Local Hot Bubble surrounding the Sun toward distant regions of the galaxy. The newly observed feature, described as a ...

Astronomers have developed a groundbreaking computer simulation to explore, in unprecedented detail, magnetism and turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM) -- the vast ocean of gas and charged ...

Donald G. York, an astronomer with the University of Chicago who helped revolutionize the field as a co-founder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and made pioneering contributions to the study of the ...

Chinese researchers have braved the cold and harsh environment of Antarctica in order to get a unique view of star formation ...

Astrophysicists are mapping a vast, hidden structure in the gas around the Sun that behaves like a tunnel carved through ...