Dark Matter May Have Jump-Started Universe’s First Giant Black Holes
New research by astronomers from the University of California, Riverside, Sam Houston State University and the University of…
Gravitational waves as dark matter seeds
Dark matter’s origin is still a puzzle. A new study by Professor Joachim Kopp from Johannes Gutenberg University…
Black Holes from Before Big Bang Could Still Exist Today as ‘Cosmic Fossils’
New research by Professor Enrique Gaztañaga from the University of Portsmouth and the Institute of Space Sciences in…
Astronomers find compelling new evidence of the first stars formed after the Big Bang
A faint glow of helium, hanging near one of the earliest known galaxies, may be the clearest sign…
Universe is expanding faster than expected: Scientists struggle to explain cosmic acceleration |
Not only is the Universe expanding, but its expansion is actually happening at a speed higher than was…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Detected an Unusual Signal from the Early Universe—Could It Be Home to the First Stars?
A discovery made possible by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have revealed, for the first time, evidence…
Pristine star reveals the dawn of stars and galaxies in the universe
The spectrum looked almost empty. That was the clue. In the faint light from a red giant star…
Gravitational waves may be responsible for dark matter in the universe
Dark matter is thought to exist everywhere, wrapping around galaxies and helping to shape the largest things in…
Most Pristine Star Ever Found Reveals Early Universe
The first stars were composed of pure hydrogen and helium gas, with no heavy elements. They were so…
Groundbreaking new theory rewrites quantum view of the Big Bang
A Gravity Theory That Could Rewrite the Universe’s First Moments The first fraction of a second after the…
New Research Says the Big Bang May Be Linked to a “Deeper Theory of Gravity,” Challenging Past Ideas
Researchers say a new theory tackling the Big Bang could reshape how physicists think about the earliest moments…
Astronomers Find Second-Generation Star in Pictor II
PicII-503, a primordial star located in the >10-billion-year-old ultrafaint dwarf galaxy Pictor II, appears to preserve the chemical…