Data from the James Webb Space Telescope was used to create the largest, highest resolution map of dark matter, just published in Nature Astronomy.

James Webb Space Telescope data has allowed researchers to create the highest-resolution map of dark matter threads in the ...

Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity ...

Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the universe—showing its influence ...

We now have direct images of two supermassive black holes: M87* and Sag A*. The fact that we can capture such images is ...

Sometimes, in order to support an idea, you first have to discredit alternative, competing ideas that could take resources away from the one you care about. In the scientific community, one of the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured infrared light from a black hole and gave scientists unprecedented insights into the ...

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...

Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail? The James Webb Telescope just took a photo of a newly discovered exoplanet. Exciting stuff but the raw image just ...

Development of the Lazuli Space Observatory space-based telescope would be led by Schmidt Sciences, which characterizes it as ...

Findings allow scientists to learn more about dark matter’s influence on stars, galaxies, and planets ...