The titles of the main sections of the 12 chapters -- see Table of Contents-- provide a good overview ... and their association with galactic nuclei -- also fit into a unified scenario of cosmic ...

New discoveries continuously refine our perspective, with many breakthroughs reported regularly. Whether revolutionary or ...

This chemical evolution can be traced back to its beginning soon after the Big Bang by studying the oldest and most metal-poor stars still observable in the Milky Way today. Through chemical analysis, ...

That makes the study of the cosmic web crucial for our understanding of cosmic evolution. "By capturing the faint light emitted by this filament, which traveled for just under 12 billion years to ...

Heat from the inner core drives convective flows in the mantle sustaining tectonic-plate motions and volcanic activity; this heat flow gradually depletes the "primeval-plasma-energy supply", a process ...