A star cluster concealed behind thick clouds of dust near the Milky Way’s center may be 13.4 billion years old, placing it among the oldest known stellar groups in our galaxy. New observations have ...

A figure in red trudges across a blanket of white. Snow squeaks under the scientist's feet, too dry to be slick or soft. Only ...

Simulations suggest the faintest galaxies near the Milky Way share one iron level because a single giant first star exploded in each.

When astronomers spotted Capotauro, they suggested it could be the earliest galaxy we had yet seen. But now a new team finds ...

Crowded star clusters in the early Universe could have built giant stars, seeded black holes and fed the mysterious little ...

Galactic archaeologists are using precise measures and larger sample sizes afforded by new missions to tease apart minute differences between groups of stars, revealing the history of the Milky Way ...

When it comes to iconic franchises from the 1980s, few can rival Star Wars and Indiana Jones. While Star Wars technically began in the 1970s, its popularity ...

We were taught that Earth orbits the Sun in a closed circle. In reality, Earth has never returned to the same point in space once in 4.5 billion years. ​Right now, the Sun is carrying Earth and every ...

Astronomers have traced the origins of an unusual cosmic formation resembling a musical treble clef to an ancient black hole ...

When you think of galaxies, you probably imagine them spinning around in a spiral. Our Milky Way galaxy, along with the solar ...

Solar twin refractory depletion -- why the Sun carries fewer calcium, aluminum, and titanium than 80 percent of similar stars ...

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