Over the course of billions of years, the universe has steadily been evolving. Thanks to the expansion of the universe, we ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is now delivering what astronomers have chased for decades: a glimpse of the universe’s first ...

A new study suggests that during a potential phase of primordial matter domination, particle interactions may have led to the formation of the universe’s first compact cosmic objects. Less than a ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may have detected the universe's oldest Population III stars in galaxy LAP1-B, 13 billion ...

"We really needed the sensitivity of JWST. We also needed the 100 times magnification from gravitational lensing from a ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of ...

Simulation studies indicate water formation within the first 200 million years of the universe, primarily through supernovae from the first generation of stars. Pair-instability supernovae, occurring ...

Theorists have long wondered how massive stars–up to 120 times the mass of the Sun–can form without blowing away the clouds of gas and dust that feed their growth. But the problem turns out to be less ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Luke Keller, Ithaca College (THE CONVERSATION) For decades, astronomers have wondered ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very ...