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

There may not be as nearly as many small galaxies in the early universe as astronomers predict there should be, which has big ...

Observations using ALMA and JWST show multiple mechanisms fueling starbursts in massive early galaxies, indicating diverse formation pathways during the early Universe.

Dark matter is a mysterious substance that glues galaxies together. This map from the James Webb Space Telescope could help ...

Some galaxies in the early universe were absolute powerhouses, churning out stars at rates that would dwarf the Milky Way's ...

To explain these observations, they proposed a new kind of energy that is responsible for driving the universe’s accelerated expansion: dark energy. Astrophysicists now believe dark energy makes up ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

Researchers have assembled the most detailed view to date of how dark energy has shaped the cosmos, using six years of ...

Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies tend to line up with each other, as well as hint at how dark matter operates in the universe. When you ...

This early galaxy hosts as much as 30% of the oxygen of a fully developed, modern-day one. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

A new simulation tool lets scientists explore whether self-interacting dark matter could reshape galaxies from the inside out ...

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