Our solar system resides in a unique low-density bubble called the ... Its discovery lends credence to a 1974 theory ...

Our Solar System is located within a low-density region known as the Local Hot Bubble (LHB). This bubble is filled with a ...

It's hard to imagine that someday, the Milky Way galaxy will cease to exist. Looking up at the stars, it feels as though ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

"Since about half the stars in our galaxy are in binary systems where life ... as its low-mass companion star with between ...

Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets: planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to ...

The Local Hot Bubble was first suggested over 50 years ago, with scientists theorising that a series of supernovas - massive ...

Large galaxies, like the Milky Way, attract smaller galaxies. Our solar system's cosmic neighborhood spans 100,000 ...

Recently, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics made a surprising discovery within the LHB.

Meanwhile, some scientists propose an alternative explanation: these orbital anomalies might be caused by a primordial black ...

This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by astrophysicist Michael Yeung of the Institute, a team of researchers has ...

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...