Between spotting galaxies that shouldn't exist, capturing the interstellar medium with unprecedented clarity, and identifying ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

Alpha Centauri is the star system closest to our Solar System, and it is likely that particles from it could be making their ...

"The data from the termination shock encounter will be a treasure trove for space physicists worldwide who are eager to ...

Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come ...

Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over from the Big Bang, can provide insight on the age of the universe. Oxygen ...

Could our solar system have been temporarily exposed to an enhanced flux of cosmic-rays at some point in the ancient past?

What’s more, Webb used its Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument to observe glowing interstellar gas and dust illuminated ...

Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and the heliosphere, and help improve astronomy techniques.

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 ...

Jencson (Caltech/IPAC)) NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured new images revealing intricate patterns in the interstellar medium, illuminated by the light echo of the supernova ...