A team of researchers at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) has created a new simulation of early galaxy formation. The simulation allows us to get a fascinating, albeit brief ...

The mystery of how the brightest galaxies in the universe form may soon be solved, as research now suggests they may be powered by prodigious flows of gas. The most luminous galaxies in the universe, ...

Take a look at a wide variety of galaxies in the Universe, and you'll find a vastly different set of stories. The largest ones are giant ellipticals, many of which haven't formed any new stars over ...

Astronomers have discovered more than a hundred dusty galaxies in the early Universe, each of which is in the throes of an intense burst of star formation. One of these galaxies is an example of a ...

Observing the universe through telescopes can provide some clues as to how galaxies came to be, but looking at millions of virtual universes on a supercomputer gave scientists more insight into galaxy ...

Sept. 25 (UPI) --A newly discovered dwarf galaxy with a limited oxygen supply may offer astronomers new insights in the formation and evolution of the early universe. The galaxy is located 620 million ...

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What if everything scientists ever thought about the universe’s earliest chemical reactions was wrong? Recent tests have turned decades of theory on its head, showing that the first molecular ...

gravitational collapse of a cloud of hydrogen and helium some 100 times more massive than the sun. “Our modeling suggests that the first star may have condensed from a protogalactic cloud into a ...

Galaxies have been experiencing vigorous bursts of star formation from much earlier in cosmic history than previously thought, according to new observations by a Caltech-led team. These so-called ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. It's been 13.8 billion years since the hot Big Bang, and the Universe ...

Researchers carried out simulations of large-scale structure formation in the Universe that accurately reproduce the dynamics of ghost-like particles called neutrinos left over from the Big Bang. In ...