New research puts forward compelling new evidence that dark matter interacts with cosmic "ghost particles" called neutrinos.

A groundbreaking achievement in science has led to the recreation of a rare cosmic substance with the potential to ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new type of cosmic object, a cloud of dark matter and gas ...

New telescope instruments now reveal distant galaxies in detail, reshaping how astronomers map dark matter, star formation, ...

For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the first stars in the universe affect light emitted from the big bang. Using telescopes ...

NASA’s Webb Telescope has identified compact, mysterious galaxies nicknamed “astronomy’s platypus.” These strange objects ...

Fact-based stories from our cosmic neighbourhood, one star or constellation at a time. Name it, navigate it, know it.

Matter in intergalactic space is distributed in a vast network of interconnected filamentary structures, collectively referred to as the cosmic web. With hundreds of hours of observations, an ...

NGC 6781 is a planetary nebula located approximately 3,500 light-years away in the constellation Aquila, spanning about 2 light-years in diameter. This nebula originated from a star that ceased core ...

With the possible exception of the Big Dipper, the Southern Cross ranks as the sky’s most familiar asterism (a recognizable group of stars that is not a constellation). Indeed, its three brightest ...