Galactic surprise: Early universe full of milky way lookalikes!
Once upon a time, astronomers believed that galaxies like our own Milky Way were rare gems in the early universe.
The theory was that the...
The universe’s whisper: Secrets of slow-growing cosmic structures!
Scientists at the University of Michigan have made a surprising discovery: the giant structures of the universe, like clusters of galaxies, are growing more...
Early galaxies mirror the milky way, alters structure formation understanding
New research has significantly altered the pre-existing narrative on the structure formation in the universe, revealing that galaxies resembling our Milky Way have been...
New study reveals the mysteries about earliest galaxies and star formation
Scientists have made some groundbreaking discoveries about the earliest galaxies and how stars were formed in the universe's infancy.
These new findings, coming from an...
James Webb Telescope unveils the universe’s secrets
The James Webb Space Telescope, one of the most advanced telescopes ever built, is allowing astronomers to explore the early universe like never before.
It's...
We can’t see the first stars yet, but we can see their direct descendants
If you take a Universe worth of hydrogen and helium, and let it stew for about 13 billion years, you get us.
We are the...
Solar sails could reach Mars in just 26 days
A recent study submitted to Acta Astronautica explores the potential for using aerographite solar sails for traveling to Mars and interstellar space, which could...
Galaxies breathe gas, and when they stop, no more stars form
For most of the history of astronomy, all we could see were stars.
We could see them individually, in clusters, in nebulae, and in fuzzy...
This exoplanet is probably a solid ball of metal
We can’t understand nature without understanding its range.
That’s apparent in exoplanet science and in our theories of planetary formation. Nature’s outliers and oddballs put...
Scientists create a recipe book to search for alien life
Have you ever wondered if there's life on other planets?
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are asking the same question, but they've taken an...