Scientists have theorized that dark matter clumps exist in staggering numbers, far more than the galaxies we see. Only clumps that exceed a certain threshold in mass should hold onto gas and ignite stars. Below it, gravity loses its tug-of-war with heat and radiation, and star formation can't occur.

NASA scientists have identified what they describe as the universe's first confirmed example of a starless, gas-rich object dominated by dark

Astronomers have spotted a unique cosmic phenomenon: a "relic," which is a primordial building block of a galaxy that never came to be. The failed galaxy, henceforth called Cloud-9, was confirmed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to be the very first of its type, comprising mostly gas and the unseen dark matter, according to NASA .

For more than three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has been capturing images we never imagined possible, revealing cosmic treasures too magnificent to remain hidden. It has been delivering stunning photographs that showcase the universe's wonders,

NASA's Hubble Telescope captured something unusual and came up with an accurate nickname. The newly discovered astronomical object appeared to be a starless cloud containing gas and dark matter. The object,

The new study used the known distance to a galaxy called M106/NGC 4258 — a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici — as a reference point. The universe is expanding faster than astronomers can explain, according to new data from the James ...

New results from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest the formation of the first stars and galaxies in the early universe took place sooner than previously thought. A European team of astronomers have found no evidence of the first generation of ...

Physicists have been puzzling over conflicting observational results pertaining to the accelerating expansion rate of our Universe—a major discovery recognized by the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope ...