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

James Webb Space Telescope data has allowed researchers to create the highest-resolution map of dark matter threads in the ...

The comet broke into pieces after making a close approach around the sun in October 2025.

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope was used to create the largest, highest resolution map of dark matter, just ...

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

Sometimes, in order to support an idea, you first have to discredit alternative, competing ideas that could take resources away from the one you care about. In the scientific community, one of the ...

We now have direct images of two supermassive black holes: M87* and Sag A*. The fact that we can capture such images is ...

Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail? The James Webb Telescope just took a photo of a newly discovered exoplanet. Exciting stuff but the raw image just ...

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...

It’s sometimes easy to forget that the light in the sky is an actual star. With how reliable it is and how busy we tend to be as humans, we can take that incredible fact and stow it away and largely ...

Space telescopes are all the rage, and rightfully so. The images they take are spectacular, and they’ve greatly increased what we know about the universe. Surely, any picture taken of, say, ...

Findings allow scientists to learn more about dark matter’s influence on stars, galaxies, and planets ...