By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery ...

A new study suggests they may have a ghostly shadow—trailing dark matter spirals hovering above and below them. A team of ...

COZMIC simulator crafted detailed models of the Milky Way to investigate dark matter and how the universe might behave under different rules.

A vast filament of gas stretching across the cosmos may help solve the mystery of the Universe’s missing matter. Astronomers ...

A USC-led research team has created a series of supercomputer-simulated twins of our Milky Way galaxy—which could help scientists unlock new answers about one of the biggest mysteries in the ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

Astronomers have found a new way of accurately mapping the outer gas disk of the Milky Way using the positions of young stars ...

The Andromeda galaxy is also known as Messier 31. It is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth. On ...

Rubin Observatory begins 10-year sky survey to uncover dark matter, track asteroids, and build a detailed view of our ...

Vera Rubin fundamentally advanced our knowledge of galactic dynamics, laid the groundwork for dark matter research, and ...

How the pioneering scientist, and namesake of an enormous new telescope, forced astronomers to rethink the universe.