New study reveals how dark matter formed shortly after the Big Bang
Dark matter may not have needed a calm, cold start to help build the universe. For decades, that…
Hubble has spotted ‘impossible’ light in deep space, and scientists are trying to explain where it came from
Astronomers have detected light from a tiny but powerful galaxy that existed when the universe was still emerging…
A new window on neutrino astronomy at cosmological distances – Nature
A new window on neutrino astronomy at cosmological distances NatureGhost particle could have traveled 11 billion light-years to reach…
Scientists use Einstein’s equations to reveal what came before the Big Bang
Some of the hardest questions in cosmology begin where the usual math gives up. Push Einstein’s theory far…
Astronomers Trace Elusive High-Energy Neutrino to Star-Forming Galaxy in Early Universe
JCMT0402-0424, a dusty starburst galaxy around 11 billion light-years away, is the strongest candidate yet for the source…
Webb Weighs Most Distant Inactive Black Hole Ever Found
A supermassive black hole 6 billion times the mass of the Sun lurks in MRG-M0138, a gravitationally lensed…
Webb Spots Supermassive Black Hole Older Than Its Home Galaxy
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found an enormous black hole in the early Universe…
An ultra-faint, chemically primitive galaxy forming in the reionization era
Nakajima, K. & Maiolino, R. Diagnostics for PopIII galaxies and direct collapse black holes in the early Universe.…
The universe is significantly older than previously thought, astronomers find
Galaxies spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope have been causing trouble for the standard story of cosmic…
In 1964, a strange background noise led two scientists to uncover how the universe began |
Back in 1964, the two scientists Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson found themselves at Bell Labs with a…
Massive black hole from the early universe has astronomers looking back to the Big Bang
Far back in cosmic time, one small red object is refusing to behave. Abell 2744–QSO1 appears just 700…
Extreme galaxy-scale outflows are frequent among luminous early quasars
Carnall, A. C. et al. A massive quiescent galaxy at redshift 4.658. Nature 619, 716–719 (2023). Article ADS …