Our solar system passed through a vast wave of gas and dust around 14 million years ago, dimming Earth’s view of the night sky. The wave may even have left traces in our planet’s geological ...

Gregg, a Ph.D. candidate in physics and astronomy, developed a computer model to study our solar system, Alpha Centauri and the interstellar activity—the movement of gas, dust and other space ...

The Oort Cloud is the name given to a theorized group of potentially trillions of icy objects on the edge of our solar system. But while it has been accepted as a theory for over 70 years ...