From this route, the resulting exoplanet would be expected to share roughly the same composition as its parent star. ‘The ...

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...

Astronomers may have discovered how water originated in the universe, challenging existing theories on star formation.

For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light ...

Astronomers are gobsmacked by an abundance of oxygen in JADES-GS-z14-0, the earliest (and most distant) known galaxy in the ...

Scientists have discovered oxygen and heavy elements in JADES-GS-z14-0, the most distant known galaxy. This suggests galaxies ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements ...

The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe in its infancy—the earliest cosmic time accessible to humans—have ...

Scientists have made a stunning discovery of oxygen in the most distant galaxy known, raising questions about how galaxies ...

Scientists have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. Astronomers from two separate research teams made the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected oxygen in JADES-GS-z14-0, the most distant galaxy ever observed, located 13.5 ...