Our universe does host life, but another one might be even better suited for life. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read ...

A telescope tasked with making the largest-ever map of the universe has confirmed a harsh, if unsurprising, truth: Nothing lasts forever — not cold November rain, or even the cosmos itself. Using a ...

Some supermassive quasars formed within the first billion years after the Big Bang. Now, scientists know why. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Astronomers have found a unique planetary system orbiting a red dwarf star. The system includes a rocky planet situated beyond its gaseous siblings, contradicting existing planet formation theories.

Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is already providing new insights into this question. One of the ...

With the early science results coming in from the James Webb Space Telescope we’re learning more than ever before about the early universe. But it’s not only Webb which is helping scientists to ...

What if everything scientists ever thought about the universe’s earliest chemical reactions was wrong? Recent tests have turned decades of theory on its head, showing that the first molecular ...

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Was planetary formation different during the early universe than today? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

PASADENA, Calif. — A lucky celestial alignment has given astronomers a rare look at a galaxy in the early universe that is seeding its surroundings with the elements needed to forge subsequent ...