A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand the mysterious dark matter holding the universe ...

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global ...

"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky ...

Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the universe—showing its influence ...

Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity ...

Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts help astronomers catalog matter. ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY-SA If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see ...

A radical new theory regarding the origin of the universe suggests that gravitational waves, tiny ripples in spacetime first predicted by Albert Einstein back in 1915, could have given rise to cosmic ...

Maybe you have had a casual interest in astronomy for years, looking up at the night sky every chance you get. Or maybe you’ve just recently become interested in the wonders hanging high above our ...

Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts help astronomers catalog matter. ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY-SA Chris Impey, University of Arizona If you look across ...

If so, why haven’t they said hello? The humble residents of this pale blue dot have been on a quest to find an alien civilisation for more than a century. First, it was the “canals” of Mars. Then ...