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Galaxy rotation curves

Cosmology

Less Dark Matter in Young Galaxies?

A new study of six young, star-forming galaxies suggests they have less dark matter than expected. But the results may say more about galaxy evolution than about the nature of dark matter.

Abell 2744 galaxy cluster

Cosmology

Hubble Spies Faint Galaxies, Bountiful in Early Universe

Hubble has spotted more than 100 small, faint galaxies in the young universe, common as dust bunnies but previously out of reach of even the best telescopes.

Gravitationally lensed quasar

Cosmology

H0Li COW! Is Our Universe Expanding Faster Than We Thought?

Observations of lensed quasars suggest the universe is expanding more quickly than we thought. But they contradict what we know about the young universe.

local cosmic structure

Cosmology

Cosmic Void “Pushes” Milky Way

Astronomers have discovered a giant cosmic void that explains why our Local Group of galaxies is moving through the universe as fast as it is.

Pluto's Sputnik Planum in color

Cosmology

Top 12 Astronomy News Stories of 2016

From the discovery of gravitational waves to the building evidence that a massive planet could exist beyond Pluto, it has been a thrilling year for astronomy research. We recap.

KIDS Dark Matter Map

Cosmology

Not-So-Clumpy Dark Matter Poses Cosmological Challenge

Astronomers analyzing a new sky survey have found that the distribution of dark matter in the modern universe is smoother than predicted from observations of a far younger universe.

FRB spectrum

Cosmology

Radio Bursts Herald Future Science

For the first time, astronomers have discovered a (potential) high-energy counterpart to a fast radio burst, and also used a different burst to probe the cosmic web.

Cosmology

About Those 2 Trillion New Galaxies . . .

The news that astronomers find the universe has 10 times more galaxies than previously thought? There's less to this than the headlines say.

Galaxy cluster CL J1001+0220

Cosmology

A Galaxy Cluster Caught in Transition?

Astronomers have caught a galaxy cluster in the prime of its life — perhaps just before it transitions to retirement.

dwarf galaxy DDO 68

Cosmology

Of Dwarf Galaxies and Voids

Living in voids might be tangentially responsible for three small galaxies’ recent flurries of starbirth.

Bullet Cluster

Cosmology

Does a Fifth Force Permeate the Universe?

A team of theoretical physicists thinks a fifth force could explain an anomaly spotted in a nuclear physics experiment. If true, it could have huge ramifications for particle physics and dark matter — but that’s a pretty big if.

IceCube neutrino telescope

Cosmology

Search for Fourth Neutrino Goes Cold

The Antarctic observatory known as IceCube has ruled out the existence of a fourth type of neutrino particle — and one-time dark matter contender — known as the light sterile neutrino.

Bottom view of LUX

Cosmology

No Dark Matter from LUX Experiment

An underground detector reports zero detections of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), the top candidate for mysterious dark matter.

A Chandra/Hitomi view of Perseus Cluster

Galaxies

Doomed Hitomi Gazed at Galaxy Cluster

In its first — and final — month of flight, the Hitomi X-ray observatory measured the calm within the bubbling core of the Perseus Cluster.

Neutron star collision

Astronomy Questions & Answers

The Kavli Foundation Q&A: How Did Nature's Heaviest Elements Form?

The Kavli Foundation hosted a Q&A with three astronomers to probe the recent discovery of hard-to-produce heavy elements in a nearby dwarf galaxy. The discovery sheds light on stellar histories and galactic evolution.

Cosmology

Milky Way's New Neighbor: A Giant Dwarf

Astronomers have discovered a “feeble giant”: one of the largest dwarf galaxies ever seen around the Milky Way.

Most Distant Galaxy, GN-z11

Cosmology

Hubble Finds Most Distant Galaxy Yet

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have measured a precise distance to a galaxy dwelling in the cosmic dawn.

Australia's Compact Array

Cosmology

Astronomers Pinpoint Mysterious Radio Burst

A radio burst with the energy of a hundred million Suns has finally been placed on the cosmic map, enabling scientists to investigate the origin of these mysterious bursts.

local large-scale structure

Galaxies

Galaxies Hidden Behind the Milky Way

Astronomers have detected hundreds of galaxies lying hidden behind the Milky Way's disk, many of which belong to the so-called Great Attractor, or Norma Supercluster.

galaxy clusters and how clumped together they are

Cosmology

Dark Matter Makes Galaxy Clusters Clump

How much galaxy clusters huddle together depends in part on how fast these clusters formed — and that formation rate depends on dark matter.