cosmic noon
Astronomers are Getting Really Good at Weighing Baby Supermassive Black Holes
In the 1970s, astronomers deduced that the persistent radio source coming from the center of our galaxy was actually a…
Supermassive Black Holes Shut Down Star Formation During Cosmic Noon
Using data from Webb's NIRSpec instrument, an international team has confirmed that quasars shut down star formation in galaxies billions…
Feast Your Eyes on this Star-Forming Region, Thanks to the JWST
Nature is stingy with its secrets. That's why humans developed the scientific method. Without it, we'd still be ignorant and…
Hubble Sees Two Quasars Side by Side in the Early Universe
When it comes to the brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe, not much can beat a Quasar. A Gamma…
Ultra-Massive Black Holes: How Does the Universe Produce Objects So Massive?
Black holes are the most massive objects that we know of in the Universe. Not stellar mass black holes, not…
Cosmic Noon was Billions of Years ago, When Many Galaxies Were Filled With Star-Forming Nebulae Like This
You’re looking at NGC 346, a star cluster 210 light years away that is energetically pumping out brand new stars…
Astronomers Can Predict When a Galaxy’s Star Formation Ends Based on the Shape and Size of its Disk
A galaxy's main business is star formation. And when they're young, like youth everywhere, they keep themselves busy with it.…