A faint glow of helium, hanging near one of the earliest known galaxies, may be the clearest sign yet that astronomers have ...

For decades, astronomers were only able to study the universe's very first stars using theoretical models. Now, observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed what may be the ...

Astronomers have uncovered an extraordinarily ancient star that offers a rare glimpse into the universe’s earliest chapters.

Research findings are available online in the journal Nature Astronomy. The original story “ Pristine star reveals the dawn ...

The newly identified star carries almost no heavy elements, making it a rare surviving relic from the universe’s earliest chapters.

A group of scientists, including a class of undergraduate students at the University of Chicago, has discovered the most ...

A dim red giant just out of reach of the Milky Way is providing astronomers with an incredibly rare glimpse into the earliest ...

Studying the star, called SDSS J0715-7334, could give astronomers insights into how the universe's first stars were formed ...

A record-setting pristine star provides a window into the dawn of stars and galaxies in the universe. This groundbreaking ...

About 430 million years after the Big Bang, in a small pocket of gas near one of the most distant galaxies ever observed, ...