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

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The vastness of space allows for a huge variety of structures to pop up all over the place. Even things we think of as one-and-done objects—like galaxies—come in quite a few shapes and sizes. Follow ...

For decades, scientists engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have probed the galaxy for signs of artificial radio transmissions. Beginning with Project Ozma in 1960, ...

The most distant galaxies in this deep field image from the James Webb Space Telescope appear as small, faint dots—and are receding from us faster than the speed of light due to cosmic expansion. If ...

In its first year of full operations, the Euclid space telescope has quietly built one of the most ambitious maps of the universe ever attempted, cataloging 1.2 million galaxies while it was still in ...

The discovery reinforces established theories about space. There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to astronomers. As many as ...

Some galaxies in the early universe were absolute powerhouses, churning out stars at rates that would dwarf the Milky Way's ...

Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the universe—showing its influence ...

"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky Way came into being." ...