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Cold, dense clouds in the interstellar medium of our Galaxy are 4–5 orders of magnitude denser than their diffuse counterparts. Our Solar System has most likely encountered at least one of these dense clouds during its lifetime. However, evidence for such an encounter has not been studied in detail yet. Here we derive the velocity field of the Local Ribbon of Cold Clouds (LRCC) by modelling the 21 cm data from the HI4PI survey, finding that the Solar System may have passed through th...

Most of the star clusters in our neighbourhood come from only three star-forming regions, according to the story told by Gaia data.

Efforts to unveil the structure of the local interstellar medium and its recent star-formation history have spanned the past 70 years (refs. 1–6). Recent studies using precise data from space astrometry missions have revealed nearby, newly formed star clusters with connected origins7–12. Nonetheless, mapping young clusters across the entire sky back to their natal regions has been hindered by a lack of clusters with precise radial-velocity data. Here we show that 155 out ...

An international team of astronomers led by the University of Vienna has deciphered the formation history of young star clusters, some of which we can....

We earthlings are very fortunate to have launched many satelites in to space that have gone close enough to our neighbouring planets to get quite amazing

Astronomers say there's a wave rippling through our galactic neighborhood that's playing a part in the birth and death of stars.

The latest star maps are rewriting the story of our Milky Way, revealing a much more tumultuous history than astronomers suspected

Paris (ESA) Dec 21, 2023 - Despite our many years spent observing the cosmos with ever-more powerful telescopes, there remains much to learn about the Milky Way. We cannot leave our galaxy to get a full outside view of its sh

Local Rotarians will have the opportunity to learn more about the service organizations regional and national plans when the organization’s District Governor visits the Rotary Club of Carson City at its August 22 meeting.

Public Release: 11-May-2017   University of Kansas   LAWRENCE -- In 2016, researchers published "slam dunk" evidence, based on iron-60 isotopes in ancient seabed, that supernovae buffeted the Earth -- one of them about 2.6 million years ago. University of Kansas researcher Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy, supported those findings in Nature with…