New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...

You may be stuck in the Milky Way but new research suggests the carbon that makes up your body took an intergalactic round ...

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Researchers have unveiled a cosmic cycle where carbon, created in the explosions of stars, travels through space via a ...

Carbon, which is found in the human body, takes an unusual journey after the demise of the the stars that create the element.

Discover the incredible journey of carbon atoms through space and their essential role in the creation of life on Earth.

Researchers in South Korea are developing a constellation of satellites that could reveal what goes on in the vicinity of ...

Hubble made no claims about a creator, but his discoveries and the wonder they evoke have prompted others to reconsider ‘the ...

Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery: a binary star orbiting perilously close to the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*. This stellar pair defies ...

Twenty years ago today a magnetar’s epic tantrum made our planet ring like a bell from tens of thousands of light-years away ...

Called Kepler-51, the Sun-like yellow dwarf star was found in 2012 to have three ... Now astronomers have found a fourth, and they are both thrilled and agog. "Super puff planets are fairly rare, and ...