Early Universe
Supermassive Black Holes Could Have Formed Directly in the Early Universe
There are a lot of amazing things in our Universe and a black hole is one of the most unknown.…
Astronomers set a new Record and Find the Farthest Galaxy. Its Light Took 13.4 Billion Years to Reach us
Since time immemorial, philosophers and scholars have contemplated the beginning of time and even tried to determine when all things…
Galaxies Grew Quickly and Early On in the Universe
The behaviour of galaxies in the early Universe attracts a lot of attention from researchers. In fact, everything about the…
This Distorted Circle is Actually a Galaxy That Looked Very Similar to the Milky Way, Shortly After the Big Bang
Using ALMA, a European team of astronomers was able to observe a galaxy as it looked 12 billion years ago…
A Giant Galaxy Seen Lighting Up the Universe Shortly After the Big Bang
The discovery of a bright galaxy that existed 13 billion years ago is shedding light on a period known own…
What Telescope Will Be Needed to See the First Stars in the Universe? The Ultimately Large Telescope
The oldest stars in the Universe are cloaked in darkness. Their redshift is so high, we can only wonder about…
Rare “Ring Galaxy” Seen in the Early Universe
Astronomers have discovered a collisional ring galaxy that existed when the Universe was just 3 billion years old, a find…
A Massive Rotating Disc Discovered in the Early Universe
If we want to understand how the Universe evolves, we have to understand how its large structures form and evolve.…
You’re Looking at Spiral Galaxies, Already Forming When the Universe was Just a Baby
The ALPINE survey recently observed 118 galaxies dated to just 1-1.5 billion years ago, and found that the early galaxies…
How were Supermassive Black Holes Already Forming and Releasing Powerful Jets Shortly After the Big Bang?
A series of studies has shown that the seeds of supermassive black holes and relativistic jets existed much sooner than…