New observations of a nearby red giant star suggest that a long-standing explanation for how giant stars spread life’s essential elements through the galaxy may be incomplete. Starlight pushing on gra ...
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When darkness shines: How dark stars could illuminate the early universe
In the dense environment of the early universe, dark matter particles would collide with, and annihilate, each other, releasing energy in the process. This energy could heat the hydrogen and helium ...
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Nearby red giant may rewrite how stars spread life’s ingredients
Just a few hundred light years from Earth, a swollen red giant is quietly forcing astronomers to rethink how stars seed the galaxy with the raw materials for planets and life. New observations of the ...
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Cosmic Christmas tree: Star cluster 2,700 light-years away shows active star formation
A Christmas Tree-shaped star cluster inside NGC 2264 reveals active star formation 2,700 light-years from Earth.
The James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered Population III stars, the universe's first generation of stars. They may tell us more about how galaxies form. When you purchase through links on our ...
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Most normal matter in the universe isn't found in planets, stars or galaxies – an astronomer explains where it's distributed
But the Big Bang theory predicts that about 5% of the universe's contents should be atoms made of protons, neutrons and ...
For the first time ever, astronomers revealed the birthplace of an energetic jet blasted by a newborn star using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. When you purchase ...
This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree.
The study was published on Wednesday, December 10, in the journal Science Advances.
Luke Keller does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
We may have finally seen the first generation of stars. Astronomers have been looking for these primordial behemoths, called Population III stars, for decades. Now they have found what may be the most ...
Alexey A Petrov receives funding from the US Department of Energy. Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early 2025, which may be ...
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