Black holes—like monstrous, cosmic super villains—habitually wreak havoc in space, tearing stars to pieces, consuming anything that comes too close, even preventing light from escaping their clutches. The role black holes play on the universal stage is mostly a destructive one. But foiling this villainous depiction, researchers recently discovered a cluster of newly forming stars…

Scientists have discovered that a small galaxy called Tucana II has a much stronger gravitational pull than expected, which means it is likely home to a large amount of dark matter. Just as the moon orbits the Earth, many satellite galaxies are orbiting our Milky Way. Tucana II is one of them. These small galaxies,…