Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of gravity. The discovery is an important step toward the observation of dark matter ...

(CNN) — Astronomers have spied a monster radio jet in the distant universe that’s twice the width of the Milky Way galaxy. The ancient object formed when the universe was less than 10% of its current ...

Astronomers have been mapping vast cosmic structures for decades, from galaxy clusters to immense superclusters. But now, researchers have identified what they say is officially the largest known ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Astronomers have found the largest known object in the universe, and its over 1 billion lightyears long and hundreds of thousands times bigger than the Milky Way. Although space is ...

Astronomers have found the largest known structure in the universe. It is 1.4 billion light years across and contains nearly 70 galactic superclusters. It is also hundreds of thousands of times more ...

Tucked away amid the highways and byways of extragalactic space are to be found a plethora of fascinating and amazing objects ...