The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), developed and operated by Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, mapped approximately three million galaxies in just 300 hours.
Astronomy
Dec 1, 2020
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When the universe was only a tenth of its current age its galaxies experienced a growth spurt. It was this period that the scientists in the ALPINE project focused on when they used ESO's ALMA telescope to carry out the first ...
Astronomy
Oct 27, 2020
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Massive galaxies were already much more mature in the early universe than previously expected. This was shown by an international team of astronomers who studied 118 distant galaxies with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...
Astronomy
Oct 27, 2020
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Light from distant galaxies reveals important information about the nature of the universe and allows scientists to develop high-precision models of the history, evolution and structure of the cosmos.
Astronomy
Oct 15, 2020
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The Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory can detect different kinds of neutrino-related phenomena, including supernova explosions in our own galaxy. It is normally full of pure water, but it has recently received a dose ...
General Physics
Aug 24, 2020
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Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, have revealed an extremely distant and therefore very young galaxy that looks surprisingly ...
Astronomy
Aug 12, 2020
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A research team led by Cardiff University scientists say they are closer to understanding how a supermassive black hole (SMBH) is born thanks to a new technique that has enabled them to zoom in on one of these enigmatic cosmic ...
Astronomy
Jul 14, 2020
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Looking deep into the universe, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope catches a passing glimpse of the numerous arm-like structures that sweep around this barred spiral galaxy, known as NGC 2608. Appearing as a slightly stretched, ...
Astronomy
Jun 12, 2020
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Using the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper telescope, astronomers have for the first time measured the Fermi Bubbles in the visible light spectrum. The Fermi Bubbles are two enormous outflows of high-energy gas that emanate from ...
Astronomy
Jun 3, 2020
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A new, Yale-led study shows that some supermassive black holes actually thrive under pressure.
Astronomy
May 27, 2020
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