This large, fuzzy-looking galaxy is so diffuse that astronomers call it a “see-through” galaxy because they can clearly see distant galaxies behind it. The ghostly object, catalogued as NGC 1052-DF2, ...

Dark matter is one of the most important — yet least understood — building blocks of our universe. This gravitationally inferred, but optically elusive type of matter is thought to account for 85 ...

A distant galaxy once thought to lack a key ingredient in galaxy formation may now be better understood, thanks to new research from Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA). Their recent ...