Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

There, bounties of cosmic matter could support the creation of such giant and luminous objects. (In fact, "a quasar’s light outshines that of all the stars in its host galaxy combined," NASA ...

One clip in particular stands out, showing a luminous object descending into water and emitting a glow. This unidentified ...

Fifty million years or so later, gravity drove the formation of the first luminous objects – stars and black holes – which ended the dark ages and initiated the cosmic dawn. These first stars likely ...

Research in the group of Norbert Przybilla focusses on the quantitative spectroscopy of the main constituents of galaxies: the stars and the interstellar medium. It encompasses observation, model ...

Opaque close opaqueA material, object or substance which does not allow light to pass through it. materials are substances which light cannot pass through, like stone, metal or wood. Luminous ...