People have been asking why space is dark despite being filled with stars for so long that this question has a special name — Olbers' paradox. Astronomers estimate that there are about 200 ...

People have been asking why space is dark despite being filled with stars for so long that this question has a special name – Olbers’ paradox. Astronomers estimate that there are about 200 billion ...

People have been asking why space is dark despite being filled with stars for so long that this question has a special name – Olbers’ paradox. Astronomers estimate that there are about 200 ...

The study of distant stars and planets helps astronomers like me understand why space is so dark. You might guess it’s because a lot of the stars in the universe are very far away from Earth.

The Dark Energy Camera captured glowing nebulae in the Chamaeleon I star-forming region, illuminating the dense clouds with ...

Astronomers have suggested that the James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted the first candidate signatures from hypothetical "dark stars," invisible objects that generate heat from the ...

To dark matter and dark energy, add dark galaxies — collections of stars so sparse and faint that they are all but invisible. An artist’s depiction of hydrogen gas observed in the galaxy J0613 ...

"The Sun is just one among a hundred billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, each with its own cosmic tale to tell." — Timothy Ferris, in the film Seeing in the Dark. The stars seem to change ...

The strength of dark energy in our universe is not optimized for forming stars, which means other universes might have a greater likelihood of producing life.

The strength of dark energy in our universe is not optimized for forming stars, which means other universes might have a ...