New COLIBRE simulations show how cold gas and dust help galaxies evolve from the early universe to today. (CREDIT: Monthly ...

By tracking individual stars and exploding supernovas, astronomers discovered the strength of early ultraviolet glow ...

"It is exhilarating to see 'galaxies' come out of our computer that look indistinguishable from the real thing." ...

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way are cosmic fossils. New simulations reveal how these tiny systems reflect ...

New simulations are providing the most realistic pictures yet of how galaxies formed and evolved from the beginning of time.

A series of new studies have uncovered fresh insights into the Milky Way’s structure, star formation, and early history. Researchers identified a self-regulating process controlling star masses in ...

Research findings are available online in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. The original story “ For the first time, ...

In the vast darkness of the early universe, a spiral of light named Zhúlóng offers a new glimpse into cosmic history. This galaxy, shaped like our Milky Way, formed just a billion years after the Big ...

The most realistic picture yet of how galaxies formed and then evolved from the beginning of time has been revealed in a ...

Astronomers have used the ages of stars to identify the point where the Milky Way’s disk becomes so diffuse that stars ...

The study of galaxies and their star formation processes remains a cornerstone of modern astrophysics. Galaxies are the fundamental building blocks of the Universe, each hosting a complex interplay of ...