Southwest Research Institute's novel Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument aboard NASA's Interstellar ...

Earth may have been exposed to interstellar clouds which may have changed the chemistry of the planet's atmosphere and led to the development of multiple ice ages, researchers suggest. Astrophysicists ...

While NASA's James Webb Telescope and other instruments have already spotted abundant water vapor, carbon monoxide and carbon ...

Space​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ is big. Really big,” one could say with no exaggeration, as the vast distances between stars sometimes bring a surprise visitor less than a light-year away, making possible its ...

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Astronomers studying the interstellar comet known as 3I/ATLAS have detected a vast and unexpected X-ray halo extending ...

Pictorial view of the Earth's orbit and the interstellar flow, as seen from far above the North Pole. During the wind's journey through the Sun's gravitation, it is bent like a soccer ball that is ...

Editor's note: NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7:30 a.m. for the launch of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather missions. Much as ...

The 33-year odyssey of NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind. Now hurtling toward interstellar space ...

Could a temporary blur of gas and dust whizzing by our planet hold secrets pre-dating the birth of the Sun? For scientists who have been pursuing the course of comet 3I/ATLAS, the answer is an ...