The first stars in the universe were not as solitary as previously thought. In fact, they could have formed alongside numerous companions when the gas disks that surrounded them broke up during formation, giving birth to sibling stars in the fragments.

The first ‘radio pictures from the largest telescope in the world have revealed images of a quasar (a black hole in a distant galaxy) with unprecedented resolution.

Mankind has allready send several messages to anyone listening or looking. Bjut there is no concensus on a universal language for these communications. Scientist's therefore propose a universal protocol and a website for testing it "live".

A remarkable planetary system discovered by NASA's Kepler mission has six planets around a Sun-like star, including five small planets in tightly packed orbits.