“Bit by bit, these tiny building blocks land on rocky planets within a newly formed solar system. If those planets happen to ...

Astronomers are preparing for a rare cosmic event on January 22, when interstellar object 3I/ATLAS will align closely with ...

'This is something we’ve never seen in stars that are analogs of stars in the early universe,' an astronomer said.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uses near-infrared imaging to penetrate dust clouds, revealing the formation of massive ...

Interstellar dust like that seen in the Carina Nebula may have supplied some of Earth's amino acids. Earlier studies have revealed high concentrations of these organic materials in asteroids and ...

Webb observations of the Sextans A galaxy reveal how stars in a metal-poor areas create cosmic dust, offering clues about the ...

Space dust provides more than just awe-inspiring pictures like the Pillars of Creation. It can provide the necessary materials to build everything from planets to asteroids. But what it actually looks ...

NASA’s Hubble telescope has captured rare images of newborn stars hidden inside dusty cosmic clouds, revealing how massive ...

Arctic sea ice is disappearing fast, and scientists have turned to an unexpected cosmic clue—space dust—to uncover how ice has changed over tens of thousands of years. By tracking helium-3–bearing ...

Ice coverage in the Arctic sea is rapidly declining, which causes the remaining ice to melt faster and alters nutrient availability. In a University of Washington-led study, researchers show how ...

When we start talking about Earth's origin, there are many theories on the table that have been tossed around for years, with the Big Bang hypothesis often leading the charge. But thanks to the James ...