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Interstellar Medium

Molecular Clouds Heliosphere Cosmic Rays Local Interstellar Cloud Gas Clouds Charged Particles Stellar Winds Dust Grains Gas and Dust Dust and Gas Clouds

Hubble Spots Rare Post-Starburst Galaxy Where a Black Hole Stifles New Stars

The new image offers a close test of how an active black hole can shut down star birth in a galaxy.

Antarctic Ice Points to Supernova Dust Riding the Local Interstellar Cloud

Antarctic Ice Links Supernova Dust to the Solar System’s Passage Through a Nearby Cloud

NASA Turns Off Voyager 1 Particle Detector to Conserve Power

Chandra Maps Hot Astrosphere Around Young Sun-Like Star HD 61005

Largest Sulfur-Bearing Molecule Yet Found in Space Detected in Starless Cloud

Supermassive Black Hole in J1007+3540 Restarts Jets After 100 Million Years

First Detection of Heavy Water in a Planet-Forming Disk Points to Prestellar Origins

Webb Telescope Finds 250°C Auroral Heating on Nearby Brown Dwarf

NASA and NOAA Launch Trio of Sun–Earth Missions Toward L1 on SpaceX Falcon 9

ESA Releases Gaia-Based 3D Map of Local Milky Way Star-Forming Regions

Hubble’s New H-Alpha Views Reveal Star Birth in Nearby Spirals NGC 2835 and NGC 45

Researchers Identify Sulfur Trapped in Interstellar Ices

XRISM Maps Sulfur in Gas and Solid Phases Across the Milky Way

NASA’s Voyager Probes Penetrate Extreme “Wall of Fire” at Solar System’s Edge

Scientists Unveil First Molecular Cloud Detected via Far-Ultraviolet Light

NASA Powers Down Voyager Instruments to Extend Historic Mission

James Webb Telescope Unveils Missing Link in Phoenix Galaxy Cluster's Star Formation

James Webb Telescope Maps 3D Structure of Interstellar Dust and Gas

NASA Restores Voyager 1 Communications After Power Struggle in Deep Space