Universe
No Place to Hide: Missing Primitive Stars Outside Milky Way Uncovered
“We have, in effect, found a flaw in the forensic methods used until now,” says Else Starkenburg, lead author of the paper reporting the study. “Our improved…
UA Astronomers Help Explain Why Fewer Stars Are Born Today Than In The Early Universe
“We have known for more than a decade that in the early universe – three to five billion years after the Big Bang or nine to eleven billion years before today…
Where did today’s spiral galaxies come from?
If confirmed, the finding highlights the importance to many galaxies of collisions and mergers in the recent past. It also provides clues for the unique status…
How galaxies came to be: Astronomers explain Hubble sequence
Galaxies are the collections of stars, planets, gas and dust that make up most of the visible component of the cosmos. The smallest have a few million and the…
UBC astronomers unveil images of 12-billion-year-old space nursery
Recently presented at the first International Herschel Science Meeting in Madrid, Spain, the images by UBC post-doctoral fellow Gaelen Marsden reveal tens of…
Queen Mary scientists shed light on a mysterious particle
Starting from the end of November, Queen Mary's Particle Physics Research Centre is the sole recipient of the T2K experiment data. The T2K Collaboration is a…