A new way to study 3D maps of galaxies in the cosmos without compressing the data is revealing new information about the dark ...

Seen as a long strand with smaller threads branching, the Quipu superstructure contains 68 galaxy clusters spanning 1.4 ...

Newly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the ...

Hidden information in maps of galaxies spread across the universe could soon come forth, thanks to a new way of interrogating the data that preserves the three-dimensional nature of these maps.

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.

A new breakthrough in cosmic mapping has unveiled the structure of a colossal filament, part of the vast cosmic web that connects galaxies. Dark matter and gas shape these filaments, but their faint ...

SPHEREx is short for short for: Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer.

For a long time, scientists have believed that the universe looks the same no matter where you are or which direction you ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Astronomers capture a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, offering a rare glimpse into the hidden framework of the universe.

An international team of astronomers has captured the most detailed image ever of a cosmic filament, a vast structure of gas ...

Quipu, Hercules, Serpens–Corona Borealis and Sculptor–Pegasus are all larger than the fifth and final superstructure ...