The standard cosmological model (present-day version of "Big Bang," called Lambda-CDM) gives an age of the universe close to ...

The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Observations by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory are providing ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The first publicly released science-quality image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, ...

You might think galaxies can’t ever find each other in our runaway cosmos, but it turns out gravity can sometimes overcome ...

The sharpest dark matter map ever reveals the invisible cosmic scaffolding that built galaxies, stars, and ultimately life itself.

How space telescopes capture distant galaxies using infrared imaging, precision optics, and astronomy technology beyond Earth's atmosphere.

Discover seven unusual galaxies defying scientific predictions, from impossibly bright early universe objects to astrophysics ...

A flat plane of dark matter beyond the Local Group may explain why nearby galaxies move away from us instead of falling ...

New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts help astronomers catalog matter. ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY-SA Chris Impey, University of Arizona If you look across ...

The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, chaotic bundles of turbulent gas, churned up by huge gulps of intergalactic gas, ...