Space.com: A new image of vast filaments of frigid interstellar dust that reach across our Milky Way galaxy is giving scientists new clues into the forces behind the birth of new stars and the galaxy's shape.Full story
Astronomers love their sky maps, and this latest is a doozie. It reveals thousands of previously undiscovered knots of cold cosmic dust, each a potential star waiting to be born. Full story
An innovative plan to retrieve comet particles from Earth's stratosphere has hit pay dirt, with the discovery that a large percentage of grains collected during a 2003 excursion predate the formation of the solar system. Full story
