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Clumps of dark matter may actually be interacting with light just a teensy bit, enough to dim the light of stars it passes in front of.

Astronomers have uncovered a colossal, searing-hot filament of gas linking four galaxy clusters in the Shapley Supercluster a discovery that could finally solve the mystery of the Universe s missing matter. This giant thread, 10 times the mass of the ...

Another clue about the whereabouts of the missing matter in the Universe has just emerged from amid the largest local cosmic structure.

It's an impressive feat for Bogong moths, whose brains are smaller than the size of a grain of rice, to rely on the night sky for their odyssey, said study author David Dreyer with Lund University in Sweden.

/PRNewswire/ -- Legendary Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, astronomer Scott Manley and acclaimed author Mary Robinette Kowal, known for her Lady Astronaut ...

NASA's Hubble and Webb definitely have some competition. European Southern Observatory (ESO) astronomers have just revealed the most detailed thousand-color image taken by the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253), also .. ...

Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors ...

Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors.