Ghost particles' can zoom through you without a trace. Scientists are getting to the bottom of this cosmic mystery ...

Astronomers have discovered a new way of locating a natural phenomenon that acts like a zoom lens and allows astronomers to peer at galaxies in the distant and early Universe. These results are from ...

Jordi L. Coy from Seville, Spain The Milky Way lies above petroglyphs in Chile’s Valle del Encanto, carved a millennium ago ...

USING a blend of stardust and infrared light to peer into faraway galaxies might seem like the realms of science fiction. USING a blend of stardust and infrared light to peer into faraway galaxies ...

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Irish scientists are using large telescopes in Africa in an attempt to discover where cosmic rays come from, writes John Moore… Irish scientists are using large telescopes in Africa in an attempt to ...

Europe's Herschel space telescope has spied a far-distant galaxy with the aid of a cosmic "zoom lens". The observatory is already one of the most powerful astronomical tools ever built, but its ...

Astronomers have caught their best look ever at blobs of hot gas fleeing a supermassive black hole, thanks to a new kind of cosmic magnifying glass. Anthony Readhead of the Owens Valley Radio ...

Cardiff University scientists say their technique is helping uncover new gravitational lenses Scientists in Cardiff say they have developed a new way of exploring hidden distant galaxies, which could ...

The distant galaxy (bright yellow) is seen as it was 11 billion years ago Europe's Herschel space telescope has spied a far-distant galaxy with the aid of a cosmic "zoom lens". The observatory is ...