Astronomers have identified the most pristine star ever observed, located in the Milky Way's halo. This ancient star, with ...

Not all stars are created equally. Astronomers believe that the first stars to form after the Big Bang were mostly made of ...

Gold, uranium, and other heavy elements on Earth did not form here. They were born in the violent deaths of massive stars and the collisions of neutron stars, traveling across the galaxy before ...

A surprising new study reveals that the first stars appeared in a pre-heated universe, challenging earlier ideas about early cosmic conditions.

Some classes of stars create light elements, such as oxygen and silicon; others also craft heavier ones, such as iron and ...

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

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

A recent Physical Review Letters study presents a new model for quark star merger ejecta that could resolve whether these ...

A star found in the Large Magellanic Cloud is remarkably unpolluted by heavier elements, suggesting it is descended from the ...

The reason there are so many different types comes down to physics and timing. A star’s mass determines almost everything about its life: how bright it shines, what elements it produces, and even how ...

About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

Popular Nollywood Director, Muyideen Oladapo, (aka Lala) has announced the stage is set for the opera of “The Gods Have ...