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![Twinkling golden stars surrounded by blue gas](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7gsCkPBXtLBo5qkWoe7NX8-320-80.png)
5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang, the theory that defines the history of the universe
By Paul Sutter published
From the Catholic priest who pioneered it, to how we can (almost) see it, here are 5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang.
![A beautiful starscape of orange and blue gas filled with twinkling stars](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9YiCyNMUQBDHCdta9JQqPU-320-80.png)
James Webb telescope discovers carbon compounds crucial to life in star system 1,000 light-years from Earth
By Briley Lewis published
An infant star system contains the basic building block for organic chemistry, new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal.
![A wall of green was blooms at the center of a colorful supernova remnant](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ERjo2iy2gUJkp3jfYhm7aX-320-80.jpg)
Are we really all made of stars?
By Remy Melina last updated
Carl Sagan famously proclaimed that humans are 'made of star stuff'. Here's what he meant — and why it's true.
![An illustration of a bright blue white dwarf star, revealing a hard crystalline core](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bmu5ooZaspcxjtpYi3DkNY-320-80.png)
This collapsed star is turning into a gigantic diamond before our eyes
By Stephanie Pappas published
Scientists have found a white dwarf that is cooling and crystallizing into a giant diamond.
![How the Swift observatory saw the gamma-ray burst GRB221009A, which may be the most energetic emission of this kind ever seen by astronomers.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AZf2koxkXB5x5xg4y4kWfN-320-80.jpg)
Largest explosion since the Big Bang was powered by a bizarre energy jet unlike any other
By Robert Lea published
The enormous gamma-ray burst, called the Brightest Of All Time (or BOAT), may be powered by its strange jet structure, scientists say.
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Enormous structure discovered near doomed galaxy group is the longest galactic 'tail' ever seen
By Joanna Thompson published
The 1.5-million-light-year-long gas trail was caused by a group of galaxies moving 3 million miles per hour
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest organic molecules in the known universe, 12 billion light-years from Earth
By Joanna Thompson published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered evidence of complex organic molecules in a galaxy 12.3 billion light-years away — the furthest and oldest ever detected.
![A telescope image of distant galaxies, showing thousands of bright stars and galaxies on a black background. In a zoomed-in box is the pale, faint galaxy detected in this new study.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/asr7KUGQjMZgSpg4VvE9LM-320-80.png)
James Webb Space Telescope finds the faintest galaxy ever detected at the dawn of the universe
By Ben Turner published
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the faintest galaxy ever seen, burning away the pitch-black gloom of the early universe 13 billion years ago.
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