After hundreds of hours of observations, researchers captured a highly detailed image of a long filament of the "cosmic web" ...

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.

"For the first time, we could trace the boundary between the gas residing in galaxies and the material contained within the ...

Unexpected epochs of stillness that punctuate the cosmic timeline could offer a natural explanation for dark matter and many ...

Scientists have discovered a new way to probe the interiors of neutron stars by using gravitational waves to turn them into ...

An unexpected radioactive discovery beneath the Pacific Ocean seabed may provide researchers with a new global geologic time ...

Using an observatory under construction deep beneath the Mediterranean Sea near Sicily, scientists have detected a ghostly ...

An Einstein ring is light from a much more distant galaxy that bends in such a way as to perfectly encircle a closer object.

Experts emphasize that the cosmic microwave background is shaped by everything it encounters on its journey, including ...

Scientists found Titan’s orbit is shifting faster than expected due to tidal dissipation. A recent cosmic event likely ...

Hydrogel is something that most of us are familiar with from it being used in contact lenses, burn dressings, and hair gel.