"Even today, our understanding of star formation is still developing; comprehending how stars formed in the earlier universe is even more challenging." ...

Around 13.7 billion years ago, something collapsed. It fell outward into the nothingness that stretched in every direction, leaving something behind. A dense plasma, made of fundamental particles ...

Scientists using DESI discovered thousands of hidden black holes in dwarf galaxies, changing our understanding of space.

Researchers have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from 'fluffy' molecular clouds. Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud -- whose environment is similar ...

Images from ALMA telescope provide insight to the earlier years of our universe.

Also called molecular clouds, they can be massive, spanning hundreds of light-years and forming thousands of stars. The post ...

Data from the Esa Euclid telescope enable precise analysis of an Einstein ring around the galaxy core of NGC 6505 and thus the surrounding dark ...

For a long time, scientists have believed that the universe looks the same no matter where you are or which direction you look. This idea, called the Cosmological Principle, is a key assumption in ...

Stars are born in dense molecular clouds, but did they always form this way? Recent research suggests that in the early ...

Disney World has been preparing for the launch of Epic Universe with the recent additions of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at ...

Researchers at MSU found that H₃⁺ can form in unexpected ways. They studied molecules hit by high-energy light.