We have not been able to detect dark matter yet, even though there are many aspects of the universe that suggest the existence of invisible matter. In one new theory, it is possible that dark matter ...

Dark matter makes up the majority of the universe. A new sky map provides clues about its influence on the visible part of ...

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

Most of the matter and energy in the cosmos does not shine, yet its presence is written into the way galaxies twist, stretch, and smear across the sky. By treating those warped galaxies as data rather ...

An international collaboration of scientists from Durham University in the UK, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and École ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you'll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, billions of stars and their attendant planets. The universe teems with huge, ...

"The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" is the first known list of the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity; it was based on guidebooks popular among Hellenic sightseers and only includes ...

Astronomers have discovered "dust-shrouded supermassive black holes" in the early universe, less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang—a type of object that had previously escaped detection. An ...