News tagged with primordial star

Baby galaxies grew up quickly

Baby galaxies from the young Universe more than 12 billion years ago evolved faster than previously thought, shows new research from the Niels Bohr Institute. This means that already in the early history of ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 67 | with audio podcast

New study shows very first stars not monstrous

(PhysOrg.com) -- The very first stars in our universe were not the behemoths scientists had once thought, according to new simulations performed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

New stars from old gas surprise astronomers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence of star birth within a cloud of primordial gas has given astronomers a glimpse of a previously unknown mode of galaxy formation. The cloud, known as the Leo Ring, appears to lack ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 9

Did intense magnetic fields form shortly after the Big Bang?

Intense magnetic fields were probably generated in the universe shortly after the Big Bang, according to an international team led by Christoph Federrath and Gilles Chabrier of the CRAL (Centre de Recherche ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Large Hadron Collider experiments present new results at Quark Matter 2011 conference

The three Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments that study lead ion collisions all presented their latest results today at the annual Quark Matter conference, held this year in Annecy, France. The results ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1