Be careful out there, astronomers: There could be a dark galaxy in our midst. In research published today in Science Advances, researchers from the Chinese National Academy of Sciences discovered that ...

Astronomers have stumbled upon yet another ghostly galaxy that appears to be devoid of dark matter. First spotted in 2024, FCC 224 is a dwarf galaxy that boasts a dozen luminous, tightly bound ...

In the 2020 re-imagining of The Invisible Man (streaming now on Peacock), Cecilia Kass (Elizabeth Moss) is at the mercy of her invisible ex, Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). See, Griffin built ...

When you think of galaxies, you probably imagine bright and flowing images similar to the colorful ones we've seen in recent months from NASA and the ESA's James Webb space telescope. But, not all ...

A potential dark galaxy — one made primarily of dark matter — may have been spotted in the local universe. Dark galaxies are theoretical, starless systems whose discovery could help astronomers better ...

New research has found the first evidence of a massive galaxy with no dark matter. The result is a challenge to the current standard model of cosmology. A team of scientists, led by the researcher at ...

Astronomers have unveiled the largest-ever galaxy cluster catalog, a monumental achievement that could unlock new insights into the dark universe by mapping cosmic structures on an unprecedented scale ...

To dark matter and dark energy, add dark galaxies — collections of stars so sparse and faint that they are all but invisible. An artist’s depiction of hydrogen gas observed in the galaxy J0613+52, ...

An invisible halo of misaligned dark matter could explain the warps at the Milky Way's edges. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

image: Comparison between a conventional galaxy (ESO 325-G004) enveloped in a halo of dark matter, occupying the heaviest plate on the weight scale, and the galaxy NGC 1277 (on the left), in which the ...