interstellar space

A new Japanese study simulated interstellar clouds of dust and gas, and managed to produce some of the building blocks of DNA.

Using telescopes trained on the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, astronomers have identified the first gas molecules from a comet originating outside the solar system.

A strange object recently discovered in our solar system has been confirmed to be interstellar in origin, and it now has an official name: 2I/Borisov.

Astronomers have sighted a comet that could be the second interstellar object ever detected.

According to a new study, interstellar wanderers like 'Oumuamua may speed up the formation of planets in the gas clouds of newly-formed protostars by acting as seeds that help accelerate the creation of new planets.

Evidence is building that life's chemical building blocks may start stacking up in space. Now, NASA astrophysicists have managed to create DNA sugars in a vacuum chamber that simulates interstellar space, and in follow-up studies found other sugar derivatives in meteorite samples.

Voyager 2 spacecraft may have finally passed into interstellar space according to a new NASA announcement. At a distance of a little over 11 billion miles from Earth, the probe is now thought to have slipped out of the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields emanating from our star.

After 40 years of zipping through the solar system, Voyager 2 appears to be close to leaving the neighborhood. The probe’s instruments have begun picking up radiation signals that suggest it is breaking out of the Sun’s protective bubble, and will soon join its sibling in interstellar space.

A team of scientists have identified four stars, one of which could be the home of 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object known to visit the solar system. Based on data from ESA's Gaia stellar surveyor satellite, the four stars match the back-projected trajectory of 'Oumuamua.

An international team of researchers led by Queen's University Belfast has confirmed that the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua is a rocky object coated with organic-rich substances that came from a planetary system similar to ours and has been floating through space for millions of years.

In 2017 we witnessed a solar eclipse cross the US, welcomed an interstellar visitor, and discovered some exciting Earth-sized exoplanets. Some astonishing images of the farthest reaches of our universe were also captured. Here we collect some of the most awe-inspiring space images of 2017.

A team from the Initiative for Interstellar Studies (i4is) has put forward a proposal for Project Lyra, a mission to launch a probe to chase and intercept the interstellar asteroid ’Oumuamua, which passed close to the Sun in September 2017.