In a galaxy far, far away, there lie clues to the cosmic dawn—the first few hundred million years in our ...

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

There may not be as nearly as many small galaxies in the early universe as astronomers predict there should be, which has big implications for the story of how our universe grew up.

"These results from the Dark Energy Survey shine new light on our understanding of the universe and its expansion." ...

The six-year Dark Energy Survey has released its full results, showing that two leading models of cosmology are equally valid ...

"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky ...

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

For years, the James Webb Space Telescope has been spotting enormous black holes in the early universe that defy all ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries of ...

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

The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, chaotic bundles of turbulent gas, churned up by huge gulps of intergalactic gas, ...