Scientists use 3D galaxy maps to uncover hidden details about dark matter and the universe’s large-scale structure.

Detecting dark matter, the elusive type of matter predicted to account for most of the universe's mass, has so far proved to ...

Space-time may hide a bizarre new kind of black hole that causes Einstein’s theory of gravity to fail – and could solve the ...

In 1998, astronomers analyzed the behavior of faraway supernovas and discovered that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. […] The post The Argument For Why Dark Energy Doesn’t Really ...

When astronomers detected the first long-predicted gravitational waves in 2015, it opened a whole new window into the Universe.

The 'Worlds Part II' update is out for No Man's Sky and it introduces a ton of new stuff, some of which is a glimpse of ...

The team has created a concept they believe could help us understand more about dark matter, a mysterious force that makes up ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

Rare ultra-faint dwarf galaxies beyond the influence of other galaxies show evidence that star formation was stifled long ago ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

"This process is like a cosmic CT scan, where we can look through different slices of cosmic history and track how matter ...

The University of California San Diego is positioning itself as a leader in astronomical research as its new Department of ...