Does dark matter follow the same laws as ordinary matter? The mystery of this invisible and hypothetical component of our ...

One of those ground-based telescopes is the Rubin Observatory, named after famed astronomer Vera Rubin. Unlike other telescopes, the Rubin Observatory is working to capture the night sky in real-time ...

Study finds dark matter may follow the same laws as ordinary matter on cosmic scales, though unknown forces could still be at play in this abundant, unseen substance.

The very first generation of stars, called Population III stars, are mostly expected to be too distant to see directly – but ...

Five Year of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was launched nearly five years ago, and the first images it revealed made waves across the astronomical world. Those ...

The Big Bang theory has dominated our understanding of the universe’s origin for almost 100 years. It describes a moment when ...

A starseed is a term used to describe a child of the stars — a person who, like an old soul, has lived prior lives on Earth and possibly different planets and galaxies. They incarnate on Earth to ...

The observatory’s proximity to Kirkwood Avenue, a hotspot for IU students, helps attract people outside of the astronomy ...

The rapid assembly of this galaxy so soon after the Big Bang may necessitate a revision of timelines for the reionization era ...

Dark energy and black holes are two of the most mysterious topics when it comes to space, but they might actually be linked. And causing the universe to expand.

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a new way to investigate dark matter by studying faint radio waves from the Universe’s earliest era, known as the cosmic dark ages. Their research ...

Both galaxies can be spotted as small ... A spiral galaxy about four times smaller than the Milky Way, M82 shines five times ...