How can astronomers pierce through the interstellar fog of the Milky Way—not to study distant objects, but to understand the ...

There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

The spacecraft is being subjected to extreme temperature changes -- conditions it will face during launch and its journey ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its ...

"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss ...

A closer look showed that they are made of interstellar ice (containing both water ice and organic molecules) and dust. But a follow-up study recently published in The Astrophysical Journal found ...

The 2014 film, directed by Christopher Nolan, tells a heart-wrenching story of family, humanity and risk, mixed with a ...

If space is looking pretty good to you right now, there’s a chance to escape to the wide expanse even if only for an hour.