As astronomers peer through telescopes across the cosmos, dust clouds may distort the light from distant objects, altering observations.
As the solar system moved through this dust-rich region, Earth may have received an increased influx of interstellar particles.
The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a breathtaking image of Lynds Bright Nebula 483 (LBN 483), a ...
The Radcliffe Wave is a massive, undulating structure filled with dense clouds of gas and dust, stretching across several ...
Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have created the most comprehensive three-dimensional map of the characteristics of cosmic dust in the Milky Way galaxy, according to a study ...
Published as a cover story in Science on Friday, this cosmic atlas solves a decade-old challenge in astronomy by revealing ...
Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...
Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...
Published as a cover story in Science on Friday, this cosmic atlas solves a decade-old challenge in astronomy by revealing ...
Researchers have revealed the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way Galaxy ...