Galaxies die earlier than expected: Webb sees signs of halted star formation 700 million years after Big Bang
An international team led by UNIGE shows that red and dead galaxies can be found only 700 million years after the Big Bang, ...
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Galaxies die earlier than expected
For a long time, scientists thought that only actively star-forming galaxies should be observed in the very early Universe. The James Webb space telescope now reveals that galaxies stopped forming ...
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The Sky This Week from March 28 to April 4: Greet the First Quarter Moon
Plus: A solar eclipse and an occultation of the Pleiades as our satellite skims through several constellations in the sky ...
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Webb finds that dead galaxies may also be present in the young Universe
In the early Universe, galaxies proliferated by absorbing gas and forming stars. Eventually, this growth stops in a process ...
Black Holes Could Help Life Thrive, Not End It
Black holes may not be as life-destroying as we thought. A surprising study reveals that the powerful radiation from active ...
7 night sky events to see in April, from a meteor shower to the ‘pink moon’
The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.
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April 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Jupiter and Mars remain prominent, while Venus, Mercury, and Saturn rule the morning skies
The planets offer exciting views in April for both night owls and early risers. Plus, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks in ...
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Homogeneous Photometry for Star Clusters and Resolved Galaxies. I. A Survey of
We identify numerous probable short‐period variable stars, blue stars that appear to be the main sequence of a small population with an age of order 108 yr, and two distinct types of luminous red star ...