The solar system is now at the edge of this cloud, but the massive stockpile of cosmic stardust has left signatures on Earth's southernmost region.

Earth is quietly collecting radioactive debris from an ancient stellar explosion as our Solar System drifts through a giant cloud of gas and dust between the stars. Scientists analyzing Antarctic ice ...

What if we tell you that researchers have found something interstellar buried in the ice in Antarctica? One possibility is the plot of The Thing; the other is a mystery that has puzzled scientists for ...

Our solar system is currently passing through the Local Interstellar Cloud, a region of highly diluted gas and dust between ...

Learn how traces of a rare radioactive element preserved in Antarctic ice may show that the Solar System is currently passing ...

When you think of outer space, you’re likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of space is filled with clouds of gas, plasma and stardust – known as interstellar clouds. In the local parts ...

Earth is flying through the radioactive ashes of an ancient exploded star, and Antarctic ice preserved the evidence.

Iron-60 is a radioactive isotope of iron that’s found in Antarctic ice and in deep-sea crusts. It’s only source is ...