Astronomers have identified a strange new object in deep space, a vast cloud that looks like a galaxy stripped of its stars.

If dark stars existed, they would have been capable of forming in the universe before ordinary stars could have formed. When ...

A strange, starless cloud on the edge of a nearby galaxy is forcing astronomers to confront one of the biggest unknowns in ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed unexpected features in the early universe, including ...

A NASA team using the Hubble Space Telescope found an object in space never recorded before, nicknamed “Cloud-9." ...

A paper links dark stars to Webb telescope puzzles involving bright sources, dust-free galaxies, and early black holes.

Hubble has revealed a strange cosmic object called Cloud-9, a dark matter–dominated cloud with no stars at all. Scientists ...

Hubble observations of ‘Cloud-9’ with gas-rich body near Messier 94 offer rare evidence for studying galaxy formation, ...

Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

With the aid of a multinational network of radio telescopes, scientists have been able to detect the lowest-mass dark object ever found in the universe. The mysterious object, roughly one million ...