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For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the first stars in the universe affect light emitted from the Big Bang. Using telescopes ...

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do people use telescopes to look into space ...

The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and tracked celestial events, predicted eclipses and used their observations to construct calendars, develop ...

Rochester Institute of Technology astrophysicist Jeyhan Kartaltepe will be one of the first scientists to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope soon after it launches in spring 2019. The Webb ...

The Sun would be a far more powerful telescope than any humanity could create in the near future. But to use it, we need to get to 650 AU.

Dark matter is one of the greatest mysteries in physics. Here’s how scientists successfully mapped the invisible substance in the greatest detail ever. View on euronews ...