New measurements of a certain type of supernova seems to indicate that our expanding universe isn't accelerating at all, negating any need to invoke a mysterious 'dark energy' to explain supernovae ...

Discovery triples known active black holes in dwarf galaxies, doubles intermediate black hole candidates, and challenges ...

Do you have a deep curiosity about the cosmos? What does it mean for space to expand? What is the universe made out of? How ...

For decades, Type Ia supernovae have been the gold standard for measuring the expansion of the universe. These massive ...

The discovery marks the largest sample of such galaxies ever compiled and will expand scientists’ understanding of the number of black holes that exist in the universe while also setting the ...

Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, absorb or reflect light and is thus impossible to detect using ...

Is There a Destination for These Highways? The Great Unsolved Question. astronomers used the MUSE (Multi Unit Spectroscopic ...

Astronomers have identified 300 ultra-rare black holes, potentially solving one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics—how ...

Largest samples of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting active black holes have been discovered by a team ...

Scientists using DESI discovered thousands of hidden black holes in dwarf galaxies, changing our understanding of space.

Using early data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a team of scientists have compiled the largest sample ever of dwarf galaxies ...

Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an active black hole, more ...