Astronomers found hidden cosmic channels, like tunnels, connecting our solar system to distant stars, reshaping views of ...

The interstellar network is sustained by the explosive life cycles of stars that generate powerful solar winds. Past research ...

U-M astronomers are helping study a fast-moving, ancient, and massive comet that formed beyond our galaxy. A group of ...

Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to ...

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

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 ...

When people picture space, they often imagine endless black emptiness dotted with planets and stars. But new research shows ...

The superclouds probably produce star-forming clouds of gas, since most nearby stellar nurseries are located within the giants.

There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the ...

The gravitational perturbations they cause first affect the big planets in our Solar System—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—which then impact the smaller, inner planets.

The star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, and this disk is the first evidence of debris condensing into what will eventually become planets and other objects. Observing this early phase of ...

A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday.Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet ...