"Astronomers have discovered an immense ghost galaxy very close to the Milky Way. The low-density, extremely old galaxy, now dubbed Antlia 2, is massive but until now has gone completely …

This red ghost-like galaxy has been optically invisible to other telescopes including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST); astronomers referred to them as “Hubble-dark galaxies”.

A strange, starless object is forcing astronomers to rethink how galaxies are born. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA scientists have identified a massive cloud of dark matter and gas that ...

Jul 10, 2012 · These ghost-like galaxies are thought to be some of the tiniest, oldest, and most pristine galaxies in the universe. They have been discovered over the past decade by astronomers using …

Oct 10, 2025 · That object could be a galaxy, a black hole — or, as recent research shows, a clump of dark matter itself. Astronomers use this cosmic distortion as a kind of natural telescope.

3 days ago · NASA Just Found A Ghost Galaxy That Was Never Meant To Exist NASA’s Hubble Telescope has uncovered a ghostly object with no stars, no light, and no past.

Apr 19, 2025 · Astronomers believe they have found a ghost galaxy that is nothing but a fast-moving cloud of gas that is small and has no stars. It is a "dark galaxy", and researchers say it was hiding in …

Dec 6, 2023 · Shrouded in dust, the perplexing star-forming galaxy has proven elusive to astronomers after Webb's predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, once faintly detected it.

Dec 5, 2023 · A ghostlike dusty galaxy from the early universe might represent a whole population of hidden galaxies.

Dec 4, 2023 · Now, the ghostly object has reappeared as a faint, yet distinct galaxy in an image from the James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomers with the COSMOS-Web collaboration have identified …