In an astonishing feat of gravitational sleuthing, astronomers have found a mysterious, dense blob of invisible matter ...

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

Astronomers discover a low-mass dark object through gravitational lensing and multiple radiotelescopes across Earth.

Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

This Star Trek concept ignited a dream that humans could one day travel faster than the speed of light. Now physicists are ...

The Delta Mega is a set of two 23.8-inch screens that are joined at a flexible hinged center. They can each be adjusted to ...

According to the model, dark matter may have started as particles that were hot, light, massless, and fast. As the universe ...

Astronomy is, in essence, an exercise in inference. We cannot touch the stars, nor scoop up galaxies in a lab. Instead, we ...

Around this time of year, when high Texas temperatures finally break into pleasant breezes of somewhat autumnal air, large, ...

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, Fear and Joy stand with me in every enterprise; Embracing all of my emotions ...

Hubble’s latest look at Messier 96 reveals a warped spiral galaxy glowing with rings of stellar birth. The new details shed light on how stars emerge and influence their surroundings. The lopsided ...

High above the Sun’s blazing equator lie its mysterious poles, the birthplace of fast solar winds and the heart of its magnetic heartbeat. For decades, scientists have struggled to see these regions, ...