Two nearby explosive massive star deaths, or supernovas, may have triggered mass extinction events in Earth's distant past, ...

The interstellar medium — the matter and radiation in the space between stars — is crucial for the Milky Way's material cycle ...

Young stars enveloped in a transformative cocoon of gas shine brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

The Radcliffe Wave is a massive, undulating structure filled with dense clouds of gas and dust, stretching across several ...

Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...

The interstellar medium — the matter and radiation in the space between stars — is crucial for the Milky Way's material cycle and star formation. Most elements heavier than hydrogen and helium ...

The solar system drifts inside an immense, low-density cavity known as the Local Hot Bubble (LHB). This region, spanning at least 1,000 light-years, radiates X-rays due to its searing million-degree ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

Researchers have revealed the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way Galaxy ...