The megaphone-shaped spacecraft, called SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ...

For a memorable night hike under the interstellar dust cloud, bring a flashlight with a red light option (this helps maintain ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased ...

A modest NASA space telescope with grand ambitions is scheduled to soon launch into an orbit around Earth. The megaphone-shaped spacecraft, called SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the ...

The stars as seen from Earth would have looked dimmer 14 million years ago, as the solar system was in the middle of passing ...

In cold, dense, and shielded regions of the galaxy, atoms and molecules adhere to the surfaces of submicron-sized solid particles (dust), leading to the formation of interstellar ices. This ...

Infant stars or "protostars" are formed when overly dense and cold patches in vast clouds of interstellar gas and dust grow large enough to collapse under their own gravity. These protostars ...

Niigata, Japan - Organic molecules that serve as the building blocks of life are believed to form in space, but their exact formation sites and ...

The vast distances of interstellar space are filled with huge amounts of dust and gas, the study of which has led to a new theory accounting for the origin of stars and planets By Fred L. Whipple ...

While large ISOs like this grab our attention, dust particles from other star systems are also interstellar objects. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser AC is considered a mature star system about 5 billion ...