The “most pristine” star ever seen may have just been discovered at the edge of the Milky Way. It could be the direct ...

The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, ...

Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in a star. It is likely a direct descendant of one of the universe's first ...

The mystery of galaxies in the early Universe just got even weirder. A team of astronomers has identified a giant spiral galaxy so well-formed that it already has a stable galactic bar; a long, ...

To find the universe’s oldest stars, you must look for the ones with low chemical abundances and a retrograde orbit. That’s what a group of students in a class of MIT professor of physics and division ...

At the heart of the Milky Way, a faint and widespread glow of gamma rays has puzzled astronomers for decades. The light could ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Telescope to detect complex carbon molecules frozen around a young star, ST6, beyond our ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

"It's possible we will see the new data and confirm one theory over the other — or maybe we'll find nothing, in which case it ...

This week, researchers published LIGO findings that hint at the existence of second-generation black holes. Astronomers captured a spectacular new image of the Milky Way across a wide range of radio ...

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A Milky Way doppleganger discovered in the early universe suggests some key physical ingredient is missing from cosmological models. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...