All around us are elements forged in stars, from the nickel and copper in coins to the gold and silver in jewelry. Scientists ...

New information from a distant corner of the universe may lead to a fuller understanding of how the elements of the periodic table–which make up all the familiar matter in the universe–come to be. A ...

A handful of extremely massive stars, each heavier than 1,000 Suns, may have sculpted the chemistry of the oldest star ...

Astronomers from The University of Western Australia’s node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have developed a new way to study star formation in galaxies from the dawn ...

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 ...

Earth differentiated into a silicate mantle and an iron-rich core during its formation in the approximately 100 million years following the initial collapse of the solar nebula. Scores of collisions ...

Planets form more commonly in star systems with relatively high concentrations of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, a new study suggests. Such heavier elements are necessary to form the dust ...

Old stars are key to understanding the nature the earliest stages of the formation of the universe. Observations with the Subaru Telescope, fitted with its High Dispersion Spectrograph (HDS), have ...