An international team led by ICREA researcher Mark Gieles, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of ...

For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of stars, primordial relics of the early universe. And ...

The Methuselah Star, also known asHD 140283, has long been a subject of fascination among astronomers. Its age, initially estimated to be older than the universe itself, challenged our understanding ...

Astronomers observed the fading light of supernova SN 2025kg, which followed the fast X-ray transient (FXT) named EP 250108a.

The night sky may look calm, but behind the glowing points of light lies a violent and complex process of creation. Stars, ...

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

An MIT astronomy class has found three of the oldest stars in the universe lurking right outside the Milky Way. The stars, about 30,000 light-years from Earth, are in the galaxy's "halo," the cloud of ...

Visions Season 3! What an amazing comeback! This anthology continues to reveal the endless possibilities of the galaxy in ...

To find the universe’s oldest stars, you must look for the ones with low chemical abundances and a retrograde orbit. That’s what a group of students in a class of MIT professor of physics and division ...

Felicity Jones came across Star Wars actor Harrison Ford at the Los Angeles premiere of her new film. It was a candid moment ...

This weekend, the Adler Planetarium is taking visitors on two fascinating journeys — one exploring the science and mystery of ...