This is the most detailed map of of the distribution of dark matter in the Universe ... still present from that moment, called the cosmic microwave background, or more poetically, the "afterglow ...

"Finding more supermassive black holes that are potentially hosting jets raises the question as to how these black holes grew ...

One could argue that cosmologists had made little progress in our understanding of these basic facts since the discovery of the cosmic microwave background ... Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS).

The cosmic microwave background (CMB ... With a traditional optical telescope, the space between stars and galaxies (the background) is completely dark. However, a sufficiently sensitive radio ...

A rare group of aligned, star-birthing dwarf galaxies resemble a cosmic string of pearls. Astronomers have discovered a rare ...

Does your phone scream for attention with its bright and flashy wallpapers ... Explore the cosmic beauty of a dark nebula, ...

The sky is constantly participating in stunning events, from meteor showers to eclipses. No matter where you live, there are ...

Cosmic microwave background is a sea of radiation that provides ... constant has since been revived to describe the mysterious dark energy that is currently speeding up the universe’s acceleration.

"This discovery poses a challenge to the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model ... resembling a string of cosmic pearls in the sky. Held together by their mutual gravity, several of the dwarf galaxies ...