Researchers have created a "fingerprint" of a sulfur-based molecule found in space that may offer new clues about the ...

A NASA mission, IMAP, will investigate and map the sun's particles and energy across the entire heliosphere, using a ...

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

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

Skoltech researchers have theoretically investigated the wide range of molecules that oxygen and carbon atoms can form in ...

Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass ...

This image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation immersed in the glow of ionized hydrogen gas, where 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 ...

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

A new study provides fresh insight into traditional acid-base chemistry by revealing that the mutual neutralization of ...

The CMZ is a region of clouds rich in dust and molecular gas that roils around the galactic nucleus. It measures up to 2,000 ...