Timeline of the early Universe, featuring readings from the WMAP cosmic microwave background probe, as well as an image superimposed ... is known as the cosmic Dark Age. Only hundreds of millions ...

After almost a century of speculation, proposals and searches for dark matter, physicists now know that it currently ...

Giant filaments crisscross the universe, connecting galaxy clusters like superhighways between cities. Their shape and ...

According to Freese and Winkler, however, a Dark Big Bang is consistent with the evidence for dark matter – as long as it ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is a cutting-edge telescope that captures the light from millions of galaxies ...

A new image of the Sombrero galaxy from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has astronomers taking their hats off in place of a cosmic bullseye. The galaxy, known as Messier 104 (M104), was ...

Astronomers have unveiled an image of a giant cloud of space gas and dust that creates the illusion of a wolf-like silhouette against a colourful cosmic backdrop. Nicknamed the Dark Wolf Nebula ...

They might have gained most of their mass during the cosmic "dark ages," a time before stars lit up the universe. While this idea offers a fascinating explanation for the existence of these giant ...

The Subaru Telescope has spotted the terminal ends of dark matter filaments in the Coma cluster stretching across millions of light years. This is the first time that strands of the cosmic web ...