The star is known as SDSS J0715-7334. It is a red giant star in the halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The metallicity of ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope hint that the universe’s first stars might not have been ordinary fusion ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, a cornerstone of modern astronomy, has been providing breathtaking images and invaluable data for ...

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

Now, astronomers have found a star that may be as close as we’ve ever come to witnessing one of the primordial stars. Known ...

A galaxy far, far away just got a little more romantic — and fans are losing it over Star Wars’ bold new move.

Even before the first stars lit up the Universe, the Cosmos was not the cold place most researchers once imagined. New ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have found the universe’s first “dark stars.” Within the first few ...

Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

This galaxy formed just 930 million years after the Big Bang, offering a rare glimpse into the universe's early years. A distant galaxy appears to have more than a dozen tightly packed star-forming ...

For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of light is incredibly fast to us ...

The original and prequel trilogies starred the Skywalkers, the sequel trilogy starred Rey, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ...