For decades, astronomers have been working to explore the properties of the first generation of stars in the universe. These stars created new chemical elements, enriched the chemical composition of ...

In a first, scientists have recreated the formation of the first ever molecules in the universe to learn more about early ...

While there's no shortage of mysteries surrounding the formation of the universe, scientists may have figured out the answer ...

The researchers used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), located in the Atacama Desert of Chile, to identify this very young planet, named WISPIT 2b, which orbits a ...

The Universe presents an extraordinary level of balance that has fascinated scientists and thinkers for centuries. From the ...

For decades, scientists suspected this ion played a critical role in cooling the early cosmos, helping the first gas clouds ...

Images taken with the MIRI infrared camera on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made it possible to observe the ...

A galaxy in the early universe was rich with oxygen, astronomers have found. The discovery raises questions about how early ...

New research suggests that primordial black holes created during the Big Bang could have played a major role in forming the ...

This article details our understanding of star and planet formation within galaxies, recognising the dynamic nature of ...

A new interpretation of dark energy data suggests that the mysterious force, which accelerated the early universe's expansion ...

Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure of a dying star in a rare kind of cosmic explosion called an "extremely ...