For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of stars, primordial relics of the early universe. And ...

Scientists are using modern technology to peer heavenward. This is an Inside Science story. Since ancient times, people gazing up at the night sky have seen animals, gods and goddesses, and other ...

An international team led by ICREA researcher Mark Gieles, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of ...

The night sky may look calm, but behind the glowing points of light lies a violent and complex process of creation. Stars, ...

The very first generation of stars, called Population III stars, are mostly expected to be too distant to see directly – but ...

Why did they form at that time? Astronomers know from observing distant exploding stars that the size of the universe has ...

Astronomers have captured the clearest picture yet of how massive stars are born, revealing a dramatic interplay between gravity and magnetic fields in some of our galaxy's most dynamic star forming ...

Star formation is a fundamental physical process in our universe. Stars light up the cosmos, and give rise to planets, some of which may support life. While humans have no doubt wondered about stars ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of ...

Interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS could serve as seeds for giant planet formation, potentially explaining how massive planets form around distant stars, according to BBC and Pfalzner’s research.

Astronomers may have found the universe’s first stars formed after the Big Bang, using JWST data and gravitational lensing.

Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication ...