Dark matter may be older than the big bang, says new study
Dark matter may have existed before the Big Bang, according to a new study.
Dark matter, which researchers believe make up about 80% of the...
Virtual ‘universe machine’ sheds light on galaxy evolution
How do galaxies such as our Milky Way come into existence? How do they grow and change over time?
The science behind galaxy formation has...
Dark matter may be older than the big bang, study says
Dark matter, which researchers believe make up about 80% of the universe's mass, is one of the most elusive mysteries in modern physics.
What exactly...
Dead planets can ‘broadcast’ for as long as a billion years
Planetary cores can survive for as long as a billion years after their stars have burnt up their nuclear fuel.
Astronomers are planning to hunt...
Moonquakes tumble boulders, build lunar scarps
The Apollo Moon buggies weren’t the only things rolling over the Moon’s surface in the early 1970s.
New research has found that a strong moonquake...
Scientists find traces of one of Universe’s first stars
Astronomers have found the ghostly remains of one of the Universe's first stars inside a rare, ancient star far, far away on the other...
NASA discovers trio of exoplanets with one possibly habitable world
Sometimes there is more to a planetary system than initially meets the eye.
Ground-based observations following up on the discovery of a small planet by...
Scientists discover a prototype for ultra-hot Jupiters
This exoplanet is hot enough for heavy elements to evaporate and escape its atmosphere.
The scorching hot exoplanet WASP-121b may not be shredding any heavy...
Scientists discover the most iron-poor star in the Galaxy
Astronomers find the most iron-poor star in the Galaxy, hinting at the nature of the first stars in the Universe.
A newly discovered ancient star...
NASA discover a hot, Earth-sized planet located in habitable zone
A piping hot planet discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has pointed the way to additional worlds orbiting the same star, one...