A Rutgers-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence of how galaxies expand by tracing the invisible scaffolding of the ...

A team of astronomers looking at galaxies in the universe’s distant past have discovered nine young, compact galaxies, each weighing in at 200 billion times the mass of the Sun. Imagine receiving an ...

A 50-million-light-year-long flow of hydrogen gas has been observed linking two tiny galaxies 50 million light-years away, ...

Dark matter is a type of matter that does not emit, absorb, or reflect light, making it invisible to telescopes.

The known universe is full of shockingly huge things. Here are the largest planets, stars, galaxies, and structures we've ...

Using the wide-field survey capabilities of the Subaru Telescope, astronomers discovered active supermassive black holes, or ...

Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies tend to line up with each other, as well as hint at how dark matter operates in the universe.

One of the first chemical reactions thought to have occurred in the universe has long posed a conundrum, as it seemed the ...

Primordial magnetic fields, billions of times weaker than a fridge magnet, may have left lasting imprints on the Universe.

Astronomers have for the first time spotted two galaxies in the throes of a deep-space “duel.”Related video above: The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems, scientists ...

Astronomers peering back deep in time into the distant universe think they may have discovered a population of previous hidden galaxies that could shake up astrophysics. The research, based on data ...

A possible galaxy named Capotauro may have formed within 90 million years of the big bang – but astronomers can’t be sure ...