Stars are born in dense molecular clouds, but did they always form this way? Recent research suggests that in the early ...

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 ...

By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...

Nearly half a century ago, physicists proposed that the universe might be trapped in a metastable state known as a false vacuum. This state appears stable but could, over immense timescales, ...

Dr Pankaj Joshi proposes 'naked singularities' as alternatives to black holes, challenging traditional views. His research, ...

An international team of astronomers has captured the most detailed image ever of a cosmic filament, a vast structure of gas ...

Cambridge Schools have always been at the forefront of fostering intellectual curiosity and scientific temper among its ...

In a groundbreaking advancement for cosmology, an international team of researchers has obtained the sharpest image to date ...

Astronomers have discovered a massive, double-lobed radio jet stretching 200,000 light-years from a quasar that existed when ...

Unexpected epochs of stillness that punctuate the cosmic timeline could offer a natural explanation for dark matter and many ...

Kavli IPMU researchers are part of an international team that has found dark matter dominating the halos of two supermassive ...