Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope took advantage of a giant cosmic magnifying glass to create one of the sharpest and most detailed maps of dark matter in the universe. Dark matter is an ...

A galaxy cluster 10.4 billion light-years away is bending space and glowing with free-floating stars — and its core mass is ...

JWST star cluster feedback measurements from Debosmita Pathak at AAS 248 reveal how radiation pressure, stellar winds, and ...

Using the Very Large Array (VLA), an international team of astronomers have observed a nearby galaxy merger known as CIZA J0107.7+5408. Results of the observational campaign, presented December 20 on ...

A novel "X-arithmetic" technique reveals how black holes shape the universe's largest structures.

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new cosmic map is giving scientists an unprecedented look at the boundaries for the giant ...

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known objects in the universe. The study may help scientists test theories about how ...

When two pairs of galaxy clusters collide, the final result is not four separate objects, but one giant galaxy cluster. Astronomers using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other ...

The history of how stars and galaxies came to be and evolved into the present day remains among the most challenging astrophysical questions to solve yet, but new research brings us closer to ...