New galaxy, seen 9,6bn years ago

New galaxy, seen 9,6bn years ago

Aug 1, 2014

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have unexpectedly discovered the most distant galaxy that acts as a cosmic magnifying glass. It pictures how the galaxy looked 9,6-billion years ago, with the monster elliptical galaxy breaking the previous record-holder by 200-million years.

Radio pulse detected in space

Radio pulse detected in space

Jul 14, 2014

The discovery of a split-second burst of radio wave activity by scientists using the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico provides important new evidence of mysterious pulses that appear to come from deep in outer space.

Peek into new black hole

Peek into new black hole

Jul 9, 2014

Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole blasting molecular gas at 1-million kilometres per hour from a galaxy. New research led by Clive Tadhunter (Sheffield University) and including Raffaella Morganti, Tom Oosterloo (ASTRON/Kapteyn Institute Groningen...