Nearly invisible galaxy may be built mostly of dark matter, Hubble finds
A tight clump of four star clusters sits in the Perseus galaxy cluster, and at first glance it…
The Milky Way’s core may be dense dark matter, not a black hole
For decades, scientists have theorized that the Milky Way Galaxy’s supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr…
JWST confirmed the most distant galaxy ever observed at 13.5 billion light years away
With James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA has confirmed its sightings of the farthest known galaxy to date,…
Alternative explanation for how celestial objects generate large-scale magnetic fields
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 28 January 2026 Numerical simulations provide a mechanism that explains how celestial objects such as stars…
Scientists assemble the most detailed map of dark matter ever
How scientists constructed this dark matter map To indirectly detect large sources of dark matter across this particular…
A cosmic anomaly suggests we need to rethink the shape of our universe
In recent years, Nobel Prize–winning physicist James Peebles, one of the main architects of the standard cosmological model,…
The James Webb telescope confirms a troubling mystery about the universe’s expansion
The James Webb Space Telescope, working alongside Hubble, has uncovered an unsettling contradiction about how fast the universe…
Computer models reveal how early black holes grew so quickly after the Big Bang
Astronomers have long chased a hard question: how did black holes grow so huge so fast. Researchers at…
Astronomers spot a hot galaxy cluster that defies existing cosmic theory
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Dalhousie University have found a young galaxy cluster that appears…
Astronomers discover spacetime drag around a supermassive black hole — as predicted by Einstein
A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds…
Is the universe ending sooner than we thought? New physics suggests a much shorter lifespan |
New physics reveals detailed calculations showing the universe’s end may come far sooner than expected, with an exact…
The Milky Way’s stars reveal a hidden history of two galaxies in one
From your place inside the Milky Way, you are living within a galaxy that keeps a detailed chemical…