Among the hundreds of billions of galaxies that stretch across the known universe, even the smallest members can reveal secrets about our cosmic history. But even as we discover new galaxies, ...

Newly developed tool helps parse data and detect planets smaller than Neptune around young stars, providing insight into their formation UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A combination of cosmic processes shapes ...

Yale researchers co-authored the study uncovering “ultra-massive” galaxies formed briefly after the Big Bang, the creation of the universe. The discovery was based on observations from the James Webb ...

Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI, ...

When I go to the doctor, they measure how big I am. They use a scale to check my weight. They find my height with a measuring tape. But nobody can put a planet on a scale. Or wrap a measuring tape ...

A radical new theory regarding the origin of the universe suggests that gravitational waves, tiny ripples in spacetime first predicted by Albert Einstein back in 1915, could have given rise to cosmic ...