07 June 2017
Rare, massive, starburst galaxies captured in detail by Hubble
... than 8 billion years ago. This frenzied activity has a knock-on effect as star formation creates lots of dust that enshrouds the host galaxies. While visible light is effectively blocked from our telescopes making it very difficult to detect...
04 October 2019
Have ancient filaments helped uncover the nature of dark matter?
...within the proto-cluster, all fit nicely within the framework of galaxy formation, if the dark matter in question is cold. Fuzzy is ..., has for the first time, simulated what early galaxy formation would have looked like if dark matter were "fuzzy...
16 May 2018
Astronomers find stars forming just 250 million years after Big Bang
... after the Big Bang. “Determining when cosmic dawn occurred is akin to the Holy Grail of cosmology and galaxy formation. With these new observations of MACS1149-JD1 we are getting closer to directly witnessing the birth of starlight! Since...
July 2020
Life in the universe – common or not?
... Tokyo, Japan. His primary research interests are explosive phenomena (such as supernovae and gamma-ray bursts), galaxy formation and evolution, and cosmology. He conducts theoretical analyses combined with observations using state-of-art telescopes...
20 September 2016
Astronomers detect a rare type of object known as a spiral DRAGN
... the existence of a previously unknown low-luminosity population of spiral DRAGNS. What role spiral DRAGNs play in standard galaxy formation theories, is still a matter of debate but the team have offered the suggestion that DRAGNS “may represent...
07 December 2015
Massive baby galaxies nestled in dark matter filaments found by ALMA
... observe in the Milky Way, evolved into giant elliptical galaxies over time. Locating these monstrous galaxies could help researchers ascertain the role dark matter plays in galaxy formation, as it theorised that they form in environments where the...
