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ORCs are vast, faint rings of radio energy that surround galaxies and can be detected only in radio wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. They are made up of fast-moving, magnetized plasma.

The largest known structure in the Universe may be even larger than the large we thought it was. A re-examination of the distribution of powerful space explosions suggests that the Hercules-Corona ...

According to our best understanding, the universe should be homogeneous at large scales. This means that it's ok to have clumps of matter and areas of void, but it should all average out. So it’s ok ...

By listening for ghostly radio echoes from the early Universe, scientists believe future Moon missions could determine what ...

Astronomers have long thought the universe should look generally the same in every direction, but an anomaly in the radiation ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Shapley supercluster was one of five giant structures detected in a new study of the local ...

We obviously can’t put the universe on a giant set of scales, but scientists have found astonishingly clever ways to […] ...

Galaxy rotation curves have been confounding astronomers for decades. Stars on the peripheries of galaxies rotate faster than visible matter can account for.

For years, scientists have worked to chart the universe’s massive structure, aiming to test key models of cosmology. These efforts also help uncover how galaxies form and change over time. While most ...