This serene spiral galaxy hides a cataclysmic past. The galaxy IC 758, shown in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, ...

Getting a glimpse of the brilliant scene through JWST ... 350 years traveling through the universe and eventually reached the interstellar material observed by JWST; the gas and dust was subsequently ...

“Interstellar dust is more like smoke ... allowing astronomers to learn more about this incredible scene. The pillars are a small region within the Eagle Nebula, a vast star-forming region ...

Twinkling stars fuel interstellar dust Stars with variable luminosity found to influence supply of dust that made life Date: April 6, 2023 Source: University of Tokyo Summary: Of the many ...

This week, the team carefully loaded the instrument, known as the Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX), onto a delivery truck. The instrument, which is shaped like a large drum and weighs 47 pounds, ...

In a new study, scientists have used long-term observational data to see how interstellar dust correlates with a star’s brightness. Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are generally slightly ...

The colors represent different temperatures of interstellar dust. Cool, dense dust is green; warmer dust is pink. The magnetic field lines, showing the direction of force, were undetectable before ...