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Focuses on research findings indicating the origins of star clusters. Determination of the age of star clusters in the Milky Way and outlying galaxies; Interaction of the galaxies causing the rise of globular star clusters; Relevance of the clusters' density to their age and development.

Studies the role of hydrogen in the big bang theory of the universe. Detection of helium and lithium particles; Characteristics of deuterium as a form of hydrogen.

Focuses on work by Augustus Oemler of Yale University and colleagues at three other American institutions that have found matter in the Universe is distributed homogeneously. First evidence found in 1965 with the discovery of the cosmic background radiation; Size of the survey; Other groups planning their own galaxy survey.

Reports on the research conducted by Frank Shu and colleagues at the University of California at Berkeley which suggests that the combination of chondrules and colder dust forms asteroids and planets. Use of theoretical model of young Sun's winds; Explanation of the presence of unusual radioactive elements in meteorites; Theory on the disparate features of chondrites.

Informs that some of the most ancient stars in the universe may be lurking on the outskirts of the Galaxy. Report that slow-burning, lower-mass starts are still detectable; Evidence that some primeval stars of lower mass may still exist in the halo of stars that surrounds the Galaxy; Research by British and American cosmologists; Efforts to detect the effects of early stars; Details.

Talks about solar neutrinos, which are considered as chargeless particles that can pass through the Earth and produced during the nuclear fusion reactions in the Sun's core. Regular cycle in their arrival at the Earth; Regular variation in the number of solar neutrinos.

Reports that the discovery of carbon monoxide in the farthest reaches of the Universe is a proof that generations of massive stars had already lived and died within the first billion years after it began. Report published in `Nature'; Evidence of carbon monoxide in the quasar BR1202-0725; Flurry of star formation in primitive galaxies.

Reports that the solar system may be hurling toward a dense patch of gas and dust or superbubble between the spiral arms of the Milky Way. Entry of the solar system in the Scorpius-Centaurus Association; Protective function of the heliosphere.

Reports on the discovery of vinegar molecules from the cosmic cloud Sagittarius B2 located near the center of the Milky Way. Existence of ammonia in interstellar space; Implications of the presence of vinegar and ammonia on theories about the presence of life elsewhere in the universe.

Focuses on observations on the presence of infrared cosmic dust by researchers led by Jean-Loup Puget. Analysis of the dust's relevance to the determination of the age of the universe; Origin of the infrared background radiation; Explanation for the presence of the dust.