Using these JWST observations, the team inferred the distribution of dark matter using "weak gravitational lensing" in ...

Astronomers have witnessed the earliest gathering of galaxies ever seen, taking place about 12.8 billion years ago. The ...

"JADES-ID1 is giving us new evidence that the universe was in a huge hurry to grow up." ...

Dating to only a billion years after the big bang, JADES-ID1 may be the earliest, most distant galaxy protocluster astronomers have ever seen ...

Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.

Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity ...

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold ...

A flat plane of dark matter beyond the Local Group may explain why nearby galaxies move away from us instead of falling ...

The universe produces explosions so powerful they briefly outshine entire galaxies. Events like gamma ray bursts neutron star ...

Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the universe—showing its influence ...

Computer simulations carried out by astronomers from the University of Groningen in collaboration with researchers from ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the most distant galaxy ever observed, MoM-z14, offering new insight into star formation and galaxy growth in the early universe ...