If dark stars existed, they would have been capable of forming in the universe before ordinary stars could have formed. When ...

Researchers in Germany argue that a modified theory of gravity could explain universal expansion, removing dark energy from ...

This cloud is a window into the dark Universe,” study co-author and Space Telescope Science Institute (STCScl) team member ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed unexpected features in the early universe, including ...

Now physicists from the University of Washington are taking a big swing at answering that question. All matter exerts gravitational force. The more mass the object has, the greater the force. Yet, a ...

Chinese scientists have for the first time directly observed the Migdal effect in neutron-nucleus collisions in an experiment ...

Hubble has revealed a strange cosmic object called Cloud-9, a dark matter–dominated cloud with no stars at all. Scientists ...

An object spotted in deep space is the strongest candidate yet for a galaxy arrested during early development.

This study could transform our understanding of the future of the universe and raise the possibility that the universe may one day contract instead of expanding infinitely.

The universe is packed with riddles, but few are as stubborn or as fascinating as dark matter. First proposed in 1933 by astronomer Fritz Zwicky, this elusive substance refuses to play by the rules: ...