Astronomers have identified a vast, twisting chain of galaxies that appears to be rotating as a single structure, a kind of cosmic tornado that stretches across tens of millions of light years. If ...

Recent studies suggest that our galaxy, the Milky Way, may be situated in a cosmic void, a revelation that could potentially resolve some complex cosmological mysteries. The exploration of these ...

Velocity streamlines within the reconstructed volume, with colored envelopes associated with the prominent nearby basins of attraction. The map and streamlines have been cropped to the region covered ...

It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial, falling apart on cosmic scales. If you’re on the surface of Earth—and I’m ...

Opposing fountains of plasma and particles spanning 23 million light-years are the longest pair of black hole jets ever seen. That’s far enough to influence the evolution of the universe on cosmic ...