The universe has a knack for throwing curveballs at astronomers. Just when scientists think they’ve got cosmic mechanics ...

The vast majority of matter is dark – invisible until it is detected only through its gravitational effects. The newly discovered object could be a clump of dark matter, or it could also be a compact, ...

Stars are the original nuclear fusion reactors. As it evolves, a star continuously fuses hydrogen, helium, and—if it becomes big enough—heavier elements, releasing the energy created into space as ...

The mysterious objects might be early galaxies that could alter the understanding of the early universe. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is helping scientists make discoveries that could alter ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have uncovered a voraciously feeding and rapidly growing ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

With the aid of a multinational network of radio telescopes, scientists have been able to detect the lowest-mass dark object ever found in the universe. The mysterious object, roughly one million ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a ‘dark object’ concealed within a warped ‘Einstein ring’ located 10 billion light-years away. This significant finding advances our understanding ...