A new study reports the first direct observation of merging star clusters in the nuclear region of dwarf galaxies. This ...

Every galaxy we can see is believed to sit at the center of a huge cloud of invisible material called a dark matter halo. These halos stretch far beyond the edges of the visible stars and gas in a ...

The universe is vast and mysterious, with over 85% of its mass composed of an invisible substance known as dark matter.

Learn how through a process known as molecular hydrogen cooling, stars may be able to form in dark matter halos under 10 ...

Every galaxy is thought to form at the center of a dark matter halo. Stars are formed when gravity within dark matter halos draws in gas, but astrophysicists don't know whether star-free dark matter ...

Ethan Nadler, a computational astrophysicist at UC San Diego, may have found an answer. Using analytic predictions from ...

Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama ...