Astronomers mapping interstellar dust in three dimensions have identified a giant spherical void in the Milky Way, roughly ...
Unexpected properties of cosmic dust The new results not only produce an accurate 3D map. They have also turned up a surprising property of interstellar dust clouds. Previously, it had been expected ...
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Astronomers observed a heart-shaped gas and dust cloud around red giant Mira A before Valentine’s Day, using data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and ALMA in Chile.
A strange, lopsided dust cloud shrouds Earth's moon, ever skewed toward whichever side is facing the sun. Now, a new study may finally explain how the asymmetrical cloud got its shape. Most of the ...