Earth may have cooled during a close encounter with dense star clouds. Interstellar dust from the Orion region might have ...

Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may ...

Andromeda XXXV is only about 20,000 times more massive than our Sun—very small, even for a satellite galaxy. For comparison, ...

Astronomers discover an 850,000 light-year-long cosmic filament in the early universe, providing insights into large-scale ...

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

Astronomers have developed the first three-dimensional (3D) map detailing the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky ...

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

Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, they trained a neural network to model the dust’s effect on starlight ...

Milky Way photography can yield some stunning shots from here on Earth. But what if you had a vantage point at some 400km ...

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

This stunning photo was taken on January 29, 2025, from 265 miles (425 km) above the Pacific Ocean. Pettit, a seasoned ...

"If a massive star were to explode as a supernova close to the Earth, the results would be devastating for life on Earth," said Nick Wright, an astrophysicist at Keele University in the United Kingdom ...