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Scientists are revolutionizing our understanding of the universe’s most mysterious component: dark matter, the invisible substance that accounts for 27% of the universe’s total mass.

That's because dwarf galaxies this small should have been destroyed in the hotter and denser conditions of the early universe. Yet somehow, this tiny galaxy survived without being fried.

Astronomers have achieved a monumental breakthrough by detecting light from one of the universe's earliest galaxies, located an astounding 13 billion light-years away. This ancient galaxy ...

The image, which was originally revealed back in January 2013, is a composite of a giant barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 6872. This beautiful and shining galaxy is believed to be the largest ...

Wang et) A NASA telescope was launched into space from California on Tuesday for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and to scour the Milky Way galaxy for hidden reservoirs of water ...

Hubble’s work opened the door to the study of the universe beyond our galaxy. In the century since Hubble’s pioneering work, astronomers like me have learned that the universe is vast and ...

Astronomers have found a massive radio jet, stretching across at least 200,000 light-years in the distant universe. The object is twice the width of the Milky Way galaxy and offers a rare glimpse ...

For their work, the research group used a catalog of galaxy clusters in the nearby universe, which was created with the help of the Rosat X-ray satellite. The German space observatory was launched ...