The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest neighbors. It's a small, irregular galaxy that orbits the ...

There are plenty of weird things floating around in space and black holes may be the weirdest. They've certainly sparked and ...

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

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 ...

Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System sailed through the Orion Complex, part of the vast Radcliffe Wave structure. This ...

Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, they trained a neural network to model the dust’s effect on starlight ...

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...

ESA’s Euclid telescope begins its quest to uncover the unseen forces shaping our Universe. A cold front pushing into the region could spark strong to severe thunderstorms Sunday night into Monday ...