A Simon Fraser University cosmologist believes his team's new research may bring them a step closer to cracking one of ...

But only in the last 70 years have we known for certain they were there. In 1956, physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines ...

Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...

After the Big Bang, the Universe entered a long, dark period before the first stars formed. During this era, hydrogen emitted a faint radio signal that still echoes today. New simulations show this ...

An extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 ...

Explore the intriguing concept that the universe is still in its infancy. This video delves into the idea of cosmic ...

If dark stars existed, they would have been capable of forming in the universe before ordinary stars could have formed. When ...

Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time—shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a ...

On Christmas Day 2021, alongside other astronomers, I watched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launch from French Guiana and begin its month-long journey to its destination, 1.5 million ...

Astronomers realized that a strange cloud of gas was actually a relic of the ancient universe which might help solve some of ...

Our best models of the cosmos don't add up — but that could change if the universe is actually made of a viscous 'fluid,' a ...