The James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered Population III stars, the universe's first generation of stars. They may ...

A century ago, a star in Andromeda named V1 launched a revolution in astronomy, revealing its true immensity and the origin ...

The discovery of a superheated star factory that forms stars 180 times faster than our own Milky Way could help solve a ...

The discovery indicates how galaxies could have grown quickly when the universe was very young, solving a long-standing ...

Long ago, before galaxies formed into shapes we are familiar with today and before planets formed, the earliest stars ignited the young cosmic clouds. If you stood inside one of those ancient ...

A new study suggests that during a potential phase of primordial matter domination, particle interactions may have led to the formation of the universe’s first compact cosmic objects. Less than a ...

Pt. I, Stars, planets, and life : -- The size and scale of the universe -- From the day and night sky to planetary orbits -- Newton's Laws -- How stars radiate energy (I) -- How stars radiate energy ...

"This is a unique opportunity to learn how the universe's first light emerged from the darkness." Astronomers could use specific radio signals from the universe's earliest epoch to "weigh" the first ...

Massive stars do not live long. There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the width of the sun. If it were placed in our ...