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 ...

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

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month brings us a scene from the distant universe. Pictured here ...

The sharpest dark matter map ever reveals the invisible cosmic scaffolding that built galaxies, stars, and ultimately life itself. Scientists have produced the most detailed map ever created of dark ...

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

Findings allow scientists to learn more about dark matter’s influence on stars, galaxies, and planets ...

"These results from the Dark Energy Survey shine new light on our understanding of the universe and its expansion." ...

To explain these observations, they proposed a new kind of energy that is responsible for driving the universe’s accelerated expansion: dark energy. Astrophysicists now believe dark energy makes up ...

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

A supermassive black hole embedded in an early galaxy likely starved the galaxy of gas needed to form young stars, new ...