Early Universe
The Early Universe Was All About Galactic Hook Ups
According to new research by an international team of scientists, early galaxies were characterized by mergers (aka. "hookups")
Astronomers Catch A Quasar Shutting Off
Last week, astronomers at Yale University reported seeing something unusual: a seemingly stedfast beacon from the far reaches of the Universe went quiet.…
Macro View Makes Dark Matter Look Even Stranger
We know dark matter exists. We know this because without it and dark energy, our Universe would be missing 95.4%…
Distant Galaxies Reveal 3D Cosmic Web for the First Time
On the largest scales, networks of gaseous filaments span hundreds of millions of light-years, connecting massive galaxy clusters. But this…
First Glimpse of a Young Galactic Core Forming in the Early Universe
Astronomers have spotted, for the first time, a dense galactic core blazing with the light of millions of newborn stars…
How did Supermassive Black Holes Grow so Massive so Quickly?
Black holes one billion times the Sun’s mass or more lie at the heart of many galaxies, driving their evolution.…
Powerful Starbursts in Dwarf Galaxies Helped Shape the Early Universe, a New Study Suggests
Massive galaxies in the early Universe formed stars at a much faster clip than they do today — creating the…
Subaru Telescope Reveals Orderly Massive Galaxy Evolution
Nobody likes a sloppy COSMOS (Cosmological Evolution Survey) and astronomers utilizing the Fiber-Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) mounted on the Subaru Telescope…
Taking Measure: A ‘New’ Most Distant Galaxy
"The farthest galaxy yet seen!" Haven't we heard that one before? (See here and here, for example.) While it's true…
Hubble Looks Back In Time To See Shape Of Galaxies 11 Billion Years Ago
What we’re gonna’ do here is go back. Way back into time. Back to when the only thing that existed…