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

"The detection of heavy water … proves the water's ancient heritage and provides a missing link between clouds, disks, comets ...

This festive season, as we adorn ourselves with gold and silver, few realise that these precious metals were born in the fiery deaths of ancient stars - cosmic remnants scattered across the universe, ...

The collision and merger of two neutron stars—the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars—are some of the most energetic events in the universe, producing a variety of signals that can be ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed five extremely dense proto-globular clusters along a hair-thin arc of glittering stars. The discovery could help them understand how the ...

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