Despite it’s comparative size to our star, it’s still the least massive object ever detected using gravitational lensing.

They call it dark matter—an invisible substance thought to make up most of the universe’s mass, sculpting galaxies and clusters with its gravity. Now, researchers say they have spotted the smallest ...

Scientists using a global array of radio telescopes have detected the universe’s lowest-mass dark object by observing how it ...

The regular matter that makes us, planets, stars, and galaxies is about 5 percent of the matter-energy content of the universe. The rest is made of dark matter and dark energy, though we are not sure ...

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole. reading time 3 minutes Researchers compiled hundreds of astronomical ...

Imagine a cloud that shines like a neon sign, but instead of raindrops, it contains countless microscopic dust grains ...

For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity as the bending of space and time. Quantum mechanics governs the world of particles ...

An impression of the large-scale structure of the universe, showing galaxy clusters and superclusters arranged in long filaments and concentrated at nodes. Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library via ...

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 ...

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