The comet, originating from beyond our solar system, continues to draw attention from astronomers worldwide as multiple Nasa ...

Solar System's Run-In With 'Space Cloud' May Have Triggered a Series of Ice Ages 2 Million Years Ago, Says Scientists Around two million years ago, Earth underwent a series of temperature fluctuations ...

A visitor from beyond the stars has caught NASA’s eye. The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, observed between 7 and 15 August, is offering astronomers a rare chance to study material from outside our solar ...

The Taurus molecular cloud (TMC-1) is an interstellar cloud in the constellations Taurus and Auriga, and the newly discovered molecules within are known as malononitrile and maleonitrile.

Scientists believe Earth may have briefly lost protection from the sun around two million years ago, left to endure the extreme environment of interstellar space as the solar system passed through a ...

These elements come from star explosions called supernovae and are found within interstellar clouds. Therefore, they were likely left on Earth while it was outside of the protective heliosphere ...

An interstellar comet spotted by NASA is headed for our solar system, showing up near Earth later this year, but it's another ...

The solar system may have passed through dense interstellar clouds 2 million years ago, altering Earth's climate Date: June 10, 2024 Source: Boston University Summary: Astrophysicists calculate ...

A disruption of the solar system's heliosphere by an interstellar cloud could have severely impacted life on our planet, according to scientists. By Isaac Schultz Published June 10, 2024 ...

Noctilucent clouds were once thought to be a fairly modern phenomenon. A team of researcher have recently calculated that Earth and the entire Solar System may well have passed through two dense ...

For years, scientists studying the chemistry of space have been puzzled by an odd problem—there simply isn’t as much sulfur ...

Press Release Seeing through the Dark – Mapping the interior of interstellar clouds by SpaceRef March 7, 2008 ...