The NSF NOIRLab-operated Gemini North telescope captured stunning imagery of galaxies UGC 12914 and UGC 12915, aka 'Taffy Galaxies.' Their 'twisted appearance is the result of a head-on collision' ...

This idea is called the big bang model—which is an unfortunate name because it brings to mind a cosmos expanding like an ...

You might think galaxies can’t ever find each other in our runaway cosmos, but it turns out gravity can sometimes overcome ...

Discover seven unusual galaxies defying scientific predictions, from impossibly bright early universe objects to astrophysics ...

A vast, flat sheet of dark matter may solve the long-standing mystery of why our neighboring galaxy Andromeda is speeding ...

A sheet of dark matter lying beyond the boundary of the Local Group is responsible for this.

Leucippus' ancient atomic theory bears striking parallels to the modern Big Bang model showcasing his visionary perspective on cosmic origins ...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered experimental evidence that ...

The cosmos continues to unveil its mysteries, and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is at the forefront of this exploration. Launched on December 25, 2021, JWST is not just another telescope; it ...

Physicists suggest that a single, extraordinarily powerful cosmic signal detected on Earth could be linked to the explosive end of a tiny black hole from the early universe. That signal now stands as ...

After years of work building an exquisitely sensitive instrument, University of Chicago scientists stood and watched as it flew up and out of sight into the fiercely blue Antarctic sky. Launched on ...

What: New analyses using early observations from the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission examine how galaxy mergers trigger active galactic nuclei (AGN), luminou ...