Stars form in the universe from massive clouds of gas. European Southern Observatory, CC BY-SA For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Research by a Michigan State University scientist sheds new light on how stars and galaxies were formed back in the early days of the universe – some 13 billion years ago.

First stars formed even later than previously thought Date: September 2, 2016 Source: European Space Agency (ESA) Summary: ESA's Planck satellite has revealed that the first stars in the Universe ...

The first stars in the universe were not as solitary as previously thought. In fact, they could have formed alongside numerous companions when the gas disks that surrounded them broke up during ...

There were fewer mergers by number, but this was partially compensated for by the fact that larger structures were merging, leading to larger regions where stars formed.

This makes it particularly interesting because its oldest stars were formed outside the Milky Way—giving astronomers a chance to learn about whether conditions in the early universe all looked the ...

WASHINGTON — For the first time, astronomers have glimpsed the dawn of the universe 13.6 billion years ago when the earliest stars were just beginning to glow after the Big Bang. And if that's ...

Back to Article List Study shows first stars were not monstrous The first stars were definitely massive, but not to the extreme that scientists previously thought.

The most massive star in the known Universe is 260 times as heavy as our Sun. But viewing the early Universe will shatter that record.

Astronomers know that some of the Milky Way’s stars were born in the galaxy itself, whereas others were formed in smaller galaxies that the Milky Way eventually engulfed. But it is unclear which ...

Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected.

If the earliest stars were all high-mass stars, then they would have exploded long ago. But if low-mass stars also formed in the early universe, they may still exist for us to observe.