Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

Understanding the formation of stars together with their subsequent evolution and identifying the physical processes that ...

Every galaxy is thought to form at the center of a dark matter halo. Stars are formed when gravity within dark matter halos draws in gas, but astrophysicists don't know whether star-free dark ...

Looking outward, the role of dust throughout the universe is examined and related ... may influence the mechanical behavior of small asteroids by affecting grain migration, surface mixing, and ...

BUCHAREST, April 7 (Reuters) - Romanian presidential candidate Victor Ponta said on Monday he would stop Ukrainian grain exports via the country's Black Sea ports if elected to protect local ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) An experiment testing the formation of interstellar benzene revealed that the theoretical process involving ion-molecule collisions does not produce benzene ...

Light vibrating in the plane defined by each dust grain, the central star and the observer is preferentially reflected, causing an effect known as polarization. Measuring the orientation of the ...