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8 Einstein rings in a grid

Dark matter's secret identity could be hiding in distorted 'Einstein rings'

By Harry Baker published

Researchers may be a step closer to identifying dark matter after studying unusual cases of gravitational lensing caused by "dark matter halos" surrounding distant galaxies.

Dark Matter
This artist concept shows a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its core. The black hole is shooting out jets of radio waves.

What's the biggest black hole in the universe?

By Paul Sutter published

What's the biggest black hole in the universe, and is there a limit to how big black holes can get?

Black Holes
An illustration of a quasar, which the new black hole is an early form of, blasting a jet of hot, radioactive wind into the cosmos.

Rare black hole 1 billion times the mass of the sun could upend our understanding of galaxy formation

By Ben Turner published

The discovery of a hidden primordial black hole, which formed just 750 million years after the Big Bang, suggests that it may be the 'tip of the iceberg' of the cosmic monsters hiding in the early universe.

Black Holes
Astronomers have created a colorful, wedge-shaped map showing the locations of more than 200,000 galaxies and quasars spanning from the Milky Way all they way to the Big Bang.

New interactive map of the universe is a rainbow-colored slice of cosmic pie

By Harry Baker published

Astronomers have created a colorful interactive map of more than 200,000 galaxies and quasars spanning the lifespan of the cosmos.

Space
Cosmic arc conceptual image

'Giant arc' stretching 3.3 billion light-years across the cosmos shouldn't exist

By Adam Mann published

How big is too big?

Astronomy
This image shows the paths of 40,000 stars located within 326 light-years of our solar system over the next 400,000 years based on measurements and projections from the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft.

Most accurate map of our galaxy pinpoints 1.8 billion cosmic objects

By Megan Gannon published

With new data from the European Gaia spacecraft, astronomers can now explore 1.8 billion cosmic objects in unparalleled detail.

Cosmology
an image of the the universe's largest object, the Hercules Corona Borealis great wall

Cosmic Record Holders: The 12 Biggest Objects in the Universe

By Adam Mann published

Things that make you go whoa!

Cosmology
Space art

What Happens in Intergalactic Space?

By Mara Johnson-Groh published

It's not just a void of empty space.

Astronomy
An artist's conception of a quasar surrounding a supermassive black hole, which has a mass many times that of Earth's sun. Although nothing that falls into the black hole can escape, its massive gravity accelerates an "accretion disk" of luminous particle

83 Gargantuan Black Holes Spotted Guzzling Down Dinner at the Edge of the Universe

By Stephanie Pappas published

The supermassive black holes were birthed during the universe's infancy.

Black Holes
An artist's illustration shows the supermassive black hole at the center of a blazar galaxy emitting its stream of energetic particles toward Earth.

The 12 strangest objects in the universe

By Adam Mann published

These crazy cosmic beasts defy explanation.

Cosmology
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