Primordial black holes could rewrite our understanding of dark matter and the early universe. A record-breaking detection at ...

The "Cosmic Grapes" galaxy formed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, revealing a never-before-seen structure.

It is theoretically possible for a particularly massive star to collapse in on itself to form a black hole rather than ...

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Astronomers announced the discovery of a starless cloud of hydrogen gas, a pristine relic of the cosmos that is almost as old as time itself. By Katrina Miller The universe continues to surprise those ...

(CNN) — Astronomers may have discovered a previously unknown type of astronomical object, nicknamed “Cloud-9,” that could shed light on dark matter, one of the biggest mysteries in the universe. Dark ...

A handheld device invented by University of Delaware physics professor Spencer Axani could democratize the study of high-energy particles originating from exploding stars and other extreme ...

Astronomers may have discovered a previously unknown type of astronomical object, nicknamed “Cloud-9,” that could shed light on dark matter, one of the biggest mysteries in the universe. Dark matter ...

Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark matter halo that may be the first-confirmed failed galaxy. When you purchase ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope captured an object referred to as Cloud-9, 14 million light years from Earth (Nasa/ ESA/ VLA) ...

Astronomers using Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a new type of cosmic object that is believed to be a “failed galaxy”. Dubbed ‘Cloud-9’, the astronomical curiosity is a cloud of dark ...

12,900 years ago, the Northern Hemisphere entered an abrupt cold period known as the Younger Dryas. This glacial interval didn’t last long, just 1,200 years, but it coincided with the extinction of ...