Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of ...

For the first time, an international research team has directly measured the effect of cosmic radiation in a cold molecular ...

A decades-old idea is quietly regaining attention in theoretical physics: ancient structures embedded in the universe’s ...

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Long before galaxies sparkled in the sky or stars took shape, invisible forces stirred in the early Universe. One of those forces—magnetism—emerged in ways scientists are only now beginning to ...

For the first time, astronomers have detected dark matter hanging from massive filaments that stretch across the universe and form a "cosmic web" that trap galaxies like morning dew on a spiderweb.

For the first time, astronomers have directly imaged the faint glow of the diffuse cosmic web that stretches throughout the known the universe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

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

Astronomers have discovered a vast tendril of hot gas linking four galaxy clusters and stretching out for 23 million light-years, 230 times the length of our galaxy. With 10 times the mass of the ...