By studying tiny distortions in the shapes of distant galaxies, scientists mapped dark matter and dark energy across one of the largest sky surveys ever assembled. Their results back the standard ...

Understanding how galaxies grow has long stood as one of astronomy’s core challenges. Over time, scientists have gathered ...

A newly-detected spinning galaxy filament is reshaping our understanding of cosmic structure, gas flows, and the origins of ...

Researchers have found a razor-thin, rotating string of galaxies inside a massive cosmic filament, revealing unexpected ...

If not in visible stars and galaxies, the most likely hiding place for the matter is in the dark space between galaxies.

Space is packed with all sorts of weird and unexpected stuff, but this humongous, spinning string-thing raises a whole new ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been ...

Cosmic dawn galaxies seen by JWST reveal hidden clues about dark matter and keep rival theories about its true nature alive.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. White diamonds mark 20 of the 83 small starburst galaxies spotted by JWST. Galaxies like these ...

In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big ...

Scientists discover the largest-known rotating cosmic filament, a 50M light-year structure of galaxies, gas and dark matter spinning in space.

Astronomers have made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a runaway black hole 10 ...