The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

The Voyager probes are each turning off an instrument to avoid ending their 47-year-long missions later this year.

NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched in 1977, are the longest-running missions to send data home. But as their power ...

A team of scientists has unveiled the existence of an interstellar tunnel near our solar system, which could be a gateway to ...

Astronomers have developed the first three-dimensional (3D) map detailing the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky ...