A team of experienced experts discusses the significant role of interstellar dust in star and planet formation ...

Astronomers at the Teide Observatory have utilized the Two-metre Twin Telescope (TTT) to give us a glimpse of an object from a different star system, and they have even depicted the core of the comet ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS contains exceptionally high levels of methanol, suggesting it formed under conditions very different from those that shaped most comets in our solar system. ALMA also ...

3I/ATLAS interstellar object has revealed new and unusual features in recent observations. Scientists detected a color shift, a surprising anti-tail, and a gas composition that sets it apart from ...

Interstellar dust constitutes only a small fraction of the mass in the interstellar medium, yet it exerts a profound influence on astrophysical processes. Grains composed of silicates, carbonaceous ...

Stars don't form out of nothing, but tracking the gas and dust that do eventually form stars is hard. They float around the galaxy at almost absolute zero, emitting essentially no light, and generally ...

The interstellar medium (ISM) is a complex, multiphase environment of gas, dust and magnetic fields that governs the life cycle of galaxies. Its dynamics are driven by processes such as shock waves ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

When astronomers look at distant objects—far away in both space and time—all too often, dust gets in their eyes. Well, not eyes, exactly—in their telescopes' line of vision. It's hard to take a close ...

The space between stars just got a little sweeter. Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that's also found in raspberries and self-tanners. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what's ...

The European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured images of 3I/ATLAS on October 3. ESA / TGO / CaSSIS 3I/ATLAS, the rare comet currently making headlines as it travels through our solar ...