Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased ...

Even the little-understood Oort Cloud, at the outer edges of our solar system beyond view, has a partly spiral structure.

The stars as seen from Earth would have looked dimmer 14 million years ago, as the solar system was in the middle of passing ...

We are surrounded by it: an odd spiral was seen close to the Milky Way. NASA Supercomputer Unveils Spiral Surprise at Solar ...

“We are inhabitants of the Milky Way.” João Alves, professor of astrophysics ... “Notably, our estimated time interval for ...

Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...

the Milky Way. Now, using a powerful NASA supercomputer called "Pleiades," scientists have discovered yet another spiral structure on the edge of our solar system. The spiral is composed of ...

The triple star system is sending comets, asteroids and meteors our way, and the number of interstellar objects entering the solar system will rise.

The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.

In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...

Interstellar material has been discovered in our solar system, but researchers continue to hunt for where it came from and ...

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Vienna, has revealed that the Solar System passed through the ...