Scientists have built detailed Milky Way simulations under strange new physical laws to probe dark matter, revealing how ...

A USC-led research team has created a series of supercomputer-simulated twins of our Milky Way galaxy—which could help scientists unlock new answers about one of the biggest mysteries in the ...

A new study suggests they may have a ghostly shadow—trailing dark matter spirals hovering above and below them. A team of ...

COZMIC simulator crafted detailed models of the Milky Way to investigate dark matter and how the universe might behave under ...

Scientists have created digital “twins” of our Milky Way galaxy to investigate one of the biggest puzzles in the universe: ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

Vera Rubin fundamentally advanced our knowledge of galactic dynamics, laid the groundwork for dark matter research, and ...

A high-speed crash between two dwarf galaxies might explain a unique feature in space – and provide useful information on ...

New evidence suggests the universe might not behave as expected, raising questions about the costs of being wrong.

The team found only a 2 percent probability that the galaxies will collide in the next five billion years. In slightly over half of the simulated scenarios, Andromeda and the Milky Way experience at ...

How the pioneering scientist, and namesake of an enormous new telescope, forced astronomers to rethink the universe.

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.