New simulations suggest that habitable worlds could have begun forming only 200 million years after the big bang ...

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

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Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...

Before there was light, there was cosmic inflation. Before life, planet Earth, the first galaxies — and even before the violent explosion of hot dense primordial stuff scientists traditionally have ...

However, NASA isn’t ready to say goodbye just yet, and is taking measures to get as much life out of the pair as possible. On ...

A growing body of research suggests that cosmic dust, originating from asteroid collisions and comet disintegration, may have played a crucial role in sparking the formation of life on Earth.

The rate of stars going supernova near Earth appears to match two mass extinctions -- 372 million years ago and 445 million ...

Claire Chase, flutist for whom “Holy Liftoff” was written, appeared at the planetarium with the Multi-keyboard Ensemble for a ...