A recent scientific study has suggested that the first stars in the universe formed in conditions very different from what researchers had long believed. Instead of forming in a cold and quiet ...

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

Understanding the gas from which stars form is a fundamental goal in astrophysics. This is a pressing issue for pristine galaxies — those low in heavy elements, known as metals — whose growth remains ...