Most of the universe cannot be seen with any telescope, and that is not because scientists lack powerful tools. It is because ...

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Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope took advantage of a giant cosmic magnifying glass to create one of the sharpest and most detailed maps of dark matter in the universe. Dark matter is an ...

In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

Does dark matter interact with itself? The answer may lie in vast clusters of colliding galaxies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

What we see in our universe only accounts for roughly five per cent of what’s out there. The remaining 95 per cent is ...

The nascent space telescope has collected plenty of data since it launched, and now has produced the largest images of space taken from space. Reading time 2 minutes In July 2023, scientists launched ...

Cosmologists have long been on the hunt for dark matter, which makes up 80 percent of the mass in the universe, and yet is still mysterious. As its name suggests, dark matter doesn’t emit light, ...

Scientists have released a new study that catalogues the universe by mapping huge clusters of galaxies. These clusters are some of the largest known objects in the universe — and they can help ...

Astronomers have stumbled upon yet another ghostly galaxy that appears to be devoid of dark matter. First spotted in 2024, FCC 224 is a dwarf galaxy that boasts a dozen luminous, tightly bound ...

This galaxy cluster is nicknamed El Gordo, which means “The Fat One” in Spanish. Located seven billion light-years away, it’s the biggest cluster ever found at that distance — and it’s resounding ...

The Antlia Cluster is located about 130 million light-years from Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have captured ...