As the solar system moved through this dust-rich region, Earth may have received an increased influx of interstellar particles.

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...

Between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago, the Earth experienced significant climatic changes, including the rapid retreat of ice ...

"Many astronomers think about interstellar dust as a nuisance, it 'gets in the way' of us observing ... it involved energy scales which way beyond anything we can probe on Earth," Olivier Dore, the ...

According to research, the Chicxulub asteroid sent up clouds of sulphur-based gases into the Earth's atmosphere along with lots of silicate dust. The impact triggered volcanic eruptions and ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

Here’s why and how the moon can look yellow, orange or red without an eclipse and when Friday's total lunar eclipse blood moon will reach totality.

The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing ...

"Many astronomers think about interstellar dust as a nuisance ... energy scales which way beyond anything we can probe on Earth," Olivier Dore, the project scientist for the SPHEREx mission ...