The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help ...

These two properties of axions mean that they are exceptionally good at collapsing down to incredibly high densities, pulled together by their own (slight) gravity. Essentially, they can form a kind ...

The discovery of potential dark stars comes from the James Webb Space Telescope, the most advanced observatory ever built for studying the universe’s distant past. Using its powerful infrared ...

Astrophysicists have long been intrigued by the possibility of dark stars-massive celestial objects fueled not by nuclear fusion but by the enigmatic energy of dark matter. Thanks to images taken by ...

Astronomers have uncovered a treasure trove of feeding black holes at the heart of dwarf galaxies — small, faint galaxies ...

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...

The "dark universe detective" space telescope Euclid has discovered its first Einstein ring in the process, learning about ...

Ancient quasars seen by the James Webb Space Telescope technically shouldn’t exist, but one rare type of dark matter could ...

A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...

A stellar nursery hidden in Scorpius, the Dark Tower is a glowing, wind-sculpted cloud of gas shaped by young stars’ ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been giving us a fabulous new view on the Universe since its launch.