Interstellar's depiction of time dilation on Miller's planet encompasses complex scientific theories and terms, which require ...

Who knew that magnetic fields could be so useful? Astronomers are able to use magnetic fields to map our environment within ...

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

Linda Spilker, the Voyager mission’s project scientist, spoke to Gizmodo about the challenges that come with operating the ...

There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

These icy bodies contain organic molecules — and don’t fall into any known category of celestial object we’ve seen before.

How can astronomers pierce through the interstellar fog of the Milky Way—not to study distant objects, but to understand the fog itself? It just takes a little light. On January 12, 2003 ...

Now, the MAG is used to explore the transition region at the solar wind boundary, where the Sun's magnetic influence interacts with and gives way to the magnetic field of interstellar space.

The ten-year anniversary celebrations for director Christopher Nolan's epic science-fiction film Interstellar are showing no signs of abating. Not too long after the movie was re-released in ...

Those pursuing the idea of interstellar flight remain undaunted ... It’s reflected in the title of the group that won this field’s equivalent of the lottery: a half-million-dollar grant ...

This introduction to the field of interstellar molecules considers the spectroscopic observations which have led to the identification of more than 50 molecules in the interstellar medium. Although it ...