Friday, March 31, 2023

galaxies

Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn

Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track that produced these “monsters.”While the new James Webb Space...

Astronomers find supermassive black holes inside dying galaxies

An international team of astronomers have detected the signal from the active supermassive black holes of dying galaxies in the early Universe. The appearance of these active supermassive black holes correlates with changes in the host galaxy, suggesting that a...

4.4 million galaxies are visible in this new map of the night sky

A new map of the night sky has just been made public for the first time.The photo, which was published by scientists at Durham University, shows an incredibly detailed picture of millions of galaxies and space objects.Many of the...