Scientists have provided a solid foundation for an alternative theory to help explain how the early universe took shape. This theory, first devised two decades ago, proposes that the dominant ...

Therefore, astronomers have long been puzzled by post-starburst galaxies, which suddenly stop making new stars after a short period of intense star formation. The common theory is that two ...

The findings of this breakthrough study were published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, and challenge known theoretical models ... our knowledge of the formation and development of the ...

Two months ago, Dr. Hal Levison from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Boulder, Colorado, co-authored a paper that described a theory of “pebble formation” for gas giants. He has now ...

The first laboratory realization of the longstanding but never-before confirmed theory of the puzzling formation of planets, stars and supermassive black holes by swirling surrounding matter has been ...

Using insights gleaned from studying exoplanets, astronomers have developed a new theory that explains the formation of all of Jupiter’s Galilean moons. The team, led by Konstantin Batygin of ...

The team arrived at their new theory by using silicon isotopes as a gauge to measure the mechanisms of planet formation and the timescales involved. Examining the composition of isotopes in over ...

The results, published in the March 15 issue of Nature, support the emerging theory that freshly minted neurons - created throughout adult life - play a key role in memory formation. This theory is in ...