Some are as big as the Statue of Liberty. But these aren’t asteroids from our own solar system– they may have come from an entirely different star sys ...

Have you ever looked at the beach and wondered how many grains of sand there are? That can be mind-boggling to think about. Scientists estimate that, depending on the grain size and density, a single ...

Earth’s oxygen will vanish in a billion years due to a brightening Sun, ending most life and leaving a methane-rich world ...

"Even today, our understanding of star formation is still developing; comprehending how stars formed in the earlier universe is even more challenging." ...

Researchers have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from 'fluffy' molecular clouds. Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud -- whose environment is similar ...