Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...
A growing list of dark star candidates could help explain why some early galaxies were so big, so early in the universe. This galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0 (shown in the pullout), is one of the most distant ...
Soon after JWST fired up in 2021 and began peering farther back in space and time than humans ever had before, it caught some ...
Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet for the existence of dark stars, a type of enormous star in the early universe that is partially powered by dark matter. If confirmed, these ...
A new study puts Ursa Major III, a ghostly satellite of our Milky Way, under the microscope. A ghostly object orbiting the Milky Way has left astronomers questioning its composition: Is it a ...