Astronomers realized that a strange cloud of gas was actually a relic of the ancient universe which might help solve some of ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

Astronomers have finally confirmed the existence of RELHICs—a long-theorized class of dark, starless clouds from the early universe.

Astronomers have spied a monster radio jet in the distant universe that’s twice the width of the Milky Way galaxy. The ancient object formed when the universe was less than 10% of its current age of ...

The biggest objects in the universe are clusters of galaxies, such as the supercluster we live in right now - and including Abell 370, which was captured in a sprawling glittery space-scape by the ...

Scientists have identified a strange cosmic relic called Cloud-9 — a starless, gas-filled object dominated by dark matter.

"This is a structure we've never seen before, so it could be a new class of dark object." ...

A team of researchers discovered a new type of astronomical object that may help experts learn more about the formation of galaxies and the development of the early universe. NASA dubbed the object ...

Dark matter is believed to make up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe, but what it actually is remains a mystery. Now, astronomers have found something that gives us a major clue. This ...

With the aid of a multinational network of radio telescopes, scientists have been able to detect the lowest-mass dark object ever found in the universe. The mysterious object, roughly one million ...

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