In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big Bang—a cosmic Jekyll and Hyde that looks like any other galaxy when viewed in ...

The vast majority of matter is dark – invisible until it is detected only through its gravitational effects. The newly discovered object could be a clump of dark matter, or it could also be a compact, ...

We all know that everything kicked off when the Big Bang exploded our universe into reality, right? Well, not necessarily. A compelling new theory of the creation of our universe suggests that it may ...

"These nine objects are special." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Strange cosmic objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered a strange red speck glowing in the depths of the early universe. Known as BiRD — short for “Big Red Dot” — the object turned out ...

With the aid of a multinational network of radio telescopes, scientists have been able to detect the lowest-mass dark object ever found in the universe. The mysterious object, roughly one million ...

This new map is not only the most detailed view of the universe’s invisible scaffolding to date, it also allows astronomers to look deeper into cosmic history. Reading time 3 minutes Dark matter—the ...

Before atomic elements came together, less than a second after the Big Bang, if particles condensed into halos of matter, these halos may then have collapsed, creating the first black holes, boson ...

Covering a tiny patch of sky spanning less than a tenth of the full moon, the famous "Hubble eXtreme Deep Field" image revealed thousands of galaxies, including objects from the universe infancy. The ...