Nearly all stars are found inside or around galaxies, but there are ways for stars to escape into intergalactic space.

A paper links dark stars to Webb telescope puzzles involving bright sources, dust-free galaxies, and early black holes.

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

There may not be as nearly as many small galaxies in the early universe as astronomers predict there should be, which has big ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed unexpected features in the early universe, including ...

Astronomers sweeping through the archive of NASA's James Webb Telescope found a group of galaxies with an unknown combination ...

In the very young universe, just a fraction of its current age, astronomers have stumbled on a set of objects that refuse to ...

In the intriguing realm of star-forming galaxies, the key factor isn't the total amount of gas but rather its strategic distribution within the galaxy. Researchers at the International Centre for ...

A recent study provides answers to three seemingly disparate yet pressing cosmic dawn puzzles. Specifically, the authors show ...

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A ...

A faint radio "whisper" from ancient hydrogen reveals the universe was heating up long before it filled with starlight. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...