BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and foreign astronomers have unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way. This breakthrough will provide ...

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

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

A NASA telescope was launched into space from California on Tuesday for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and ...

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 interstellar dust.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...