Our solar system is speeding through space much faster than previously thought, challenging the fundamental assumptions that ...

Abstract: Interplanetary dust particles can provide insight into the evolution of the solar system, we just need to analyze them. Dust impact ionization mass spectrometry gives a unique and previously ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show. By Katherine Kornei If our species manages to hang on ...

Stars are thought to form within enormous filaments of molecular gas. Regions where one or more of these filaments meet, known as hubs, are where massive stars form. These massive stars, located ...