Astronomers have stumbled upon yet another ghostly galaxy that appears to be devoid of dark matter. Dark matter, the invisible substance astronomers believe dominates the universe, provides the ...

A team of astronomers from the University of Cambridge have discovered a strange galaxy next door to the Milky Way. The dwarf galaxy, named Antlia 2, is dark and dim and gives out much less light than ...

A ghostly galaxy that forms hundreds of new stars every year, has reappeared after proving difficult to find. AzTECC71 first appeared in images captured from the Hubble Space Telescope but was very ...

One year ago, astronomers were flabbergasted when they discovered a galaxy almost entirely devoid of dark matter. As the first galaxy ever found lacking the elusive substance — which is thought to ...

Dark matter is one of the most important — yet least understood — building blocks of our universe. This gravitationally inferred, but optically elusive type of matter is thought to account for 85 ...

A recent find by astronomers using telescopes atop Mauna Kea has redefined the foundation upon which galaxies are built. Researchers recently uncovered a galaxy known as NGC 1052 DF2, and in it they ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Far out in the cosmos, a ghostly galaxy stands alone. It shines with only a faint glimmer of ...

This sighting is part of a census that aims to find tons of galactic views Hubble hasn't set eyes on before. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

A team of scientists, including astronomers from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), have detected long wavelength radio emission from a colliding, massive galaxy cluster which, surprisingly, is not ...

The ghostly shells of galaxy ESO 381-12 are captured in a new image, set against a backdrop of distant galaxies. The strikingly uneven structure and the clusters of stars that orbit around the galaxy ...

Astronomers have stumbled upon yet another ghostly galaxy that appears to be devoid of dark matter. First spotted in 2024, FCC 224 is a dwarf galaxy that boasts a dozen luminous, tightly bound ...