A series of powerful storms have whipped up winds across the Southwest and southern Plains in the last few weeks, churning up vast clouds of dust that have turned highways into hazard zones. In the ...

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

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 ...

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

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

People have been making the most of the dry conditions and unfortunately they’ve washed their windows, with a weather expert ...

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

One of the tornadoes, given the rating of EF-2, touched down in the town of Tylertown, MS, wiping out entire neighborhoods.

Now, two astronomers have published a 3D map that documents the properties of dust all around us in unprecedented detail, helping us make sense of what we observe. The research is published in the ...

High winds, blowing dust and red flag warning storm has left more than 50,000 without power across Lubbock, Amarillo areas.

Not only does dust make objects appear reddish (“reddening”), it also makes them appear fainter than they really are (“extinction”). It’s like we are looking out into space through a dirty window. Now ...