The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would ...

A new study suggests galaxies in the early universe appear much larger and brighter than expected, precisely as predicted by ...

“Astronomers invented dark matter to explain how you get from a very smooth early ... “The expectation was that every big ...

The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies. But data are not confirming ...

Dark matter is an essential element of galaxy formation and physics, according to the standard theory of how the universe ...

These “miniature trails of destruction,” as the researchers call them, are caused by high-energy particles bouncing off the nucleus inside a rock, which knocks that nucleus out of place. The resulting ...

If another gravity theory is correct, "then the broader implications are enormous," astrophysicist Stacy McGaugh told ...

A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from ...

The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new ...

Steven Lamoreaux is an atomic physicist whose research has contributed to our understanding of the dark matter that is bound ...

A novel theoretical model based on universal expansion and star formation suggests that our universe might not have the ...