Combination of a Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 1987A and the compact argon source. The faint blue source in the centre is the emission from the compact source detected with the JWST/NIRSpec ...

Scientists have recreated the first molecule ever to form and found that it likely played a much bigger role in the birth of early stars than previously thought. It then took another 380,000 years for ...

The mysteries of a strange era in the universe's history may have been uncovered by scientists. This "epoch of reionization" was a period in the early universe's history when the first stars and ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious 'iron bar' in the heart of a nearby nebula that could offer a glimpse into Earth's grizzly fate. The strip of ionised iron atoms was spotted stretching across ...

The Moon may preserve a chemical record of Earth’s ancient atmosphere, and those same materials could one day support future lunar missions.