Thursday, April 18, 2013

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News


Astronomers discover massive star factory in early universe

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 01:49 PM PDT

A team of astronomers has discovered a dust-filled, massive galaxy churning out stars when the cosmos was a mere 880 million years old -- making it the earliest starburst galaxy ever observed.

Massive galaxy had intense burst of star formation when universe was only 6 percent of current age

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 10:18 AM PDT

Astronomers find the most prolific star factory yet seen, in a far-distant galaxy that reveals important information about the cosmic environment in the early history of the Universe.

ALMA telescope pinpoints early galaxies at record speed

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:20 AM PDT

Astronomers have used the new ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope to pinpoint the locations of over 100 of the most fertile star-forming galaxies in the early Universe.

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