This extremely powerful and young galaxy was magnified, like a lens, by a foreground galaxy
Deep Space
Deep Space
Deep Space
Watching distant galaxies has revealed the elusive nature of dark energy
Using Einstein’s general theory of relativity and highly sensitive equipment, astronomers have constrained the role of dark energy in the early universe
Astronomy
Planck releases final “legacy” data release
ESA’s Planck satellite has been studying the cosmic microwave background for over five years
Deep Space
When did the first black holes form in the universe?
Was it around the time of the Big Bang, or billions of years after?
Deep Space
Early galaxies found to rotate like whirlpools
The gas within the galactic structures, which were formed less then a billion years after the Big Bang, have been discovered to have a ‘swirling’ behaviour
Deep Space
Astronomers get rare chance to see ancient galaxy’s demise
The primordial gas of the Little Cub dwarf galaxy is being stripped away by its much larger neighbour
News
Astronomers explore the “Golden Age” of the universe with ALMA
Scientists have explored the distant corner of the universe first revealed in the iconic images of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field