The chemical foundations of life could be found in the frigid pockets of molecular clouds that exist in the space between stars, rather than on any planetary bodies. At the University of Aarhus in ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is well known that phosphorus is essential to life’s existence. For this reason, there has been a continued interest in ...

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 ...

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

Two of NASA’s longest-running space missions, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, have detected a searing-hot region of space where the Sun’s influence ends and interstellar space begins. The probes, launched in ...

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 ...

For nearly five decades, NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have ventured farther than any other human-made object, pushing into the mysterious boundary where our solar system ends and interstellar ...

Editor's note: NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7:30 a.m. for the launch of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather missions. Much as ...