A mysterious object found deep in the cosmos could soon have astronomers rethinking what they know about dark matter. ...

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have found the universe’s first “dark stars.” Within the first few ...

In a groundbreaking study published inNature Astronomy, astronomers have identified the lowest-mass dark object ever ...

This week, researchers discovered so-called "switchbacks" in Earth's magnetic field similar to observations of switchbacks in the sun's magnetic field. Scientists provided more evidence that ancient ...

Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

JWST might have spotted the 'smoking gun' of a hypothetical object called a dark star in the distant Universe.

Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe.

Dark matter is an enigmatic form of matter not expected to emit light, yet it is essential to understanding how the rich ...

Astrophysicists have presumed for nearly a century that the universe will just keep expanding for all eternity, driven by an ...

UC Berkeley emeritus professor John Clarke, UC Santa Barbara professor Michel H. Devoret and UC Santa Barbara professor John ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum ...