The Euclid space telescope has, by chance, discovered its first Einstein ring, and it is absolutely stunning. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this perfectly circular Einstein ring has allowed researchers ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

A charming Arizona town in the west was designated as the world's first International Dark Sky City, meaning it offers beautiful views of the Milky Way.