New images from the James Webb Space Telescope captured the irregular galaxy NGC 6822, showing it has unusually low metallicity. NASA says this means the galactic neighbor doesn't have many elements ...

Eighteen-year-old Mariah Jones has a passion for science. “Astronomy has been a keen interest of mine for many years now; I have always had a fascination with the exploration of the universe and have ...

Extrasolar planetary systems made up of terrestrial-type planets in compact, tightly-spaced orbits are most likely to form around lower-metallicity stars, a new study concludes. The study, just ...

In the vast and diverse Universe, the initial mass distribution at the birth of a new population of stars determines the fate of galaxies. This relationship is described by the Initial Mass Function ...

With billions of stars in our home galaxy and billions more galaxies out in the gargantuan universe, the task of finding exoplanets that may host life might seem an insurmountable task. Now, however, ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The ubiquity of planets poses an interesting question: when first planets are formed in galaxies. We investigate this problem by adopting a theoretical model developed for understanding the ...

Astronomers have discovered more than 130 planets orbiting nearby stars in our galaxy. Although the solar systems they have found are very different from ours, by studying the planets that have been ...