This month, researchers announced the results from one of the largest and deepest astronomical surveys of the night sky ever conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The effort identified some of the earliest galaxies ever seen — from within the first 650 million years after the Universe was born in the Big Bang. … Read more
For the first time, starlight has been seen in galaxies burning brightly in the fury of feeding black holes in the first billion years of the Universe’s existence. It makes sense that these active supermassive black holes – known as quasars – would have galaxies around them. But at such vast distances, any starlight within … Read more
By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent 37 minutes ago image source, EPTA/Steliios Thoukidides photo caption, Artist’s impression: The supermassive black holes at the center of each galaxy orbit each other, sending gravitational shock waves throughout the Universe Scientists have captured shock waves from the orbit of supermassive black holes at the center of distant galaxies as … Read more
Many of us would never have thought of the fact that scientists could actually look back in time. The power of telescopes allows us to study phenomena that occurred billions of years ago, and even glimpse the dawn of creation itself. Now, astrophysicists have solved a great mystery at the heart of the birth of … Read more