Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come ...
Could our solar system have been temporarily exposed to an enhanced flux of cosmic-rays at some point in the ancient past?
Part of its purpose is to gather information about what makes up the gas and dust between star systems — what’s known as the “interstellar medium.” Ten instruments will work together while the craft ...
The Milky Way's interstellar medium—that is, the dust and gas that threads between our galaxy's billions of stars—is an abundant yet elusive material. That means the latest image from NASA's ...
"These two supernova remnants are helping us to better understand the dynamics of our home galaxy’s neighborhood," ...
What’s more, Webb used its Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument to observe glowing interstellar gas and dust illuminated ...
Astronomers from Turkey and Japan have performed optical observations of a recently discovered nearby supernova remnant known ...
"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for a boost, just don't have the ability to scale to useful interstellar speeds ...
These sheet-like structures were not previously observed, challenging previous understanding of the interstellar medium. "We did not know that the interstellar medium had structures on that small ...
Matteo Luisi, assistant professor of physics and director of the planetarium and observatory at Westminster College, has been ...