How a medieval Oxford friar used light and colour to find out what stars and planets are made of

Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.

Astronomers reveal tasty insights into exoplanet formation using SPAM

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have taken the closest-ever look at the dusty regions where planets form, offering new insight into the earliest stages of ...
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JWST observes distant galaxy revealing evidence of first stars forged after the Big Bang

Researchers analyzing JWST observations of LAP1-B determined the distant galaxy exhibits properties consistent with the ...
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The Long Quest To Find The Universe’s Original Stars Might Be Over

Only one star cluster currently known matches the criteria we would expect for the long-sought Population III stars, three ...
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Let some genius give you a Star Wars name using your favorite pasta dish

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