In the blink of an eye after the Big Bang, the universe could have birthed strange new stars and black holes.

Before atomic elements came together, less than a second after the Big Bang, if particles condensed into halos of matter, ...

“If confirmed, this would have profound implications for the fate of the universe,” said The Guardian. The study raises the ...

The Universe may not have begun with a Big Bang, but instead with a Big Bounce, according to a new theory about how the ...

A new study suggests that during a potential phase of primordial matter domination, particle interactions may have led to the formation of the universe’s first compact cosmic objects. Less than a ...

Travel back 390 million years after the big bang to the ancient Maisie's Galaxy in this stunning 3D visualization that ...

Led by doctoral student Tatsuya Kotani and Professor Tomoharu Oka from Keio University, the research team measured the ...

James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD' ...

The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, ...

A remarkable new study challenges the findings of Nobel Prize winning research into how our universe has changed over time.

In the search to understand how the universe came to be, a new theory is rewriting the script. Instead of one massive, fiery birth like the Big Bang, this idea suggests the cosmos has been growing in ...

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