The proposed observatory will also search for the molecular building blocks of life in deep space.

An icy visitor from deep space has just pulled off one of the strangest light shows astronomers have ever recorded, flaring in brightness as it slipped behind the Sun and then emerging transformed.

Interstellar dust is a critical element for the formation of stars, planets, and biological life, without which the universe ...

Two materials physicists at The University of Sydney have found a possible explanation for the huge amount of molecular hydrogen in space. In their study published in the journal Communications ...

Interstellar dust extinction as a research area investigates the wavelength-dependent attenuation of starlight and other electromagnetic radiation by dust grains in the interstellar medium, with ...