A new way to study 3D maps of galaxies in the cosmos without compressing the data is revealing new information about the dark ...

Think of how hard it is to estimate the distance of someone pointing a flashlight at you on a dark night. Galaxies come in a very wide range of sizes and masses. Measuring a galaxy's brightness or ...

This was the birth of our modern universe of galaxies, so poetically celebrated in Seeing in the Dark. Today, astronomers have measured the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy much more precisely ...

While confirming a dark galaxy is challenging, there are several candidates that meet the criteria. Moreover, there are galaxies that, while not entirely dark, come close to that definition due to ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky ... of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy ... [+] taken with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, which is mounted ...

The new group, designated CGG-z4, hosts two optically dark star-forming galaxies. The finding was detailed in a research paper published Jan. 9 on the pre-print server arXiv. Galaxy groups are the ...

"We live in the suburbs of our galaxy," explains NASA. At night, with dark skies, we can easily look back on a portion of the Milky Way: A "milky" band on light sprawls across the sky. We're ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky ... this weekend and get outside to as dark a site as possible to see your home galaxy in all of its glory.

Fortunately, there are solutions that save money and preserve the dark night sky. The most important step is to shield outdoor lighting so it is cast downward. Other measures include putting ...