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

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

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

(THE CONVERSATION) If you happen to find yourself in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars and a good view of the night sky on a dark and clear summer night, you might just be able to spot the ...

New research suggests they could play a crucial role in the creation of planets themselves. At a conference in Helsinki, ...

Pictures are the key to new insights in the field of astrophysics. Such images include simulations of cosmic events, which astrophysicists at UZH use to investigate how stars, planets and galaxies ...

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

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 ...

Astronomy is the oldest science, and the sky is among our first laboratories. Long before the written word, people erected stone circles to frame the first dawn rays of the summer solstice, etched ...