It drives the movements of stars and galaxies, but dark matter is invisible. While it remains a colossal mystery, a study ...

Researchers mapped a far-infrared landscape brimming with nearly 2,000 galaxies. There may be "hidden galaxies" lurking just ...

A team of astronomers at the University of Milano-Bicocca has uncovered a colossal spiral galaxy that existed just 2 billion ...

Scientists discover ancient galaxy created early transparent bubbles, challenging cosmic timeline of universe formation.

The potential finds could be contributing to some of the faintest light we can see in the universe, say researchers.

The spins of some early galaxies could be a clue that the entire observable universe exists within a black hole—except, that ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the universe by proving that the Milky Way is just one of ...

VISIONS of leaving Earth and launching humanity further into the cosmos are enough to get anyone starry-eyed. But the ...

Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of 'hidden' galaxies that could hold the key to unlocking some of the universe's secrets. If their existence is confirmed it ...

Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of "hidden" galaxies that could hold the key to ...

The groundbreaking findings throw established science into question, write Bernard J.T. Jones, Licia Verde, Vicent J.

In the early days of the universe, galaxies had to make the cosmos transparent; not all their light was meant to reach us. GS ...