Planck reveals first stars were born late
05 February 2015New maps from the Planck satellite uncover the ‘polarised’ light from the early Universe across the entire sky, revealing that the first stars formed much later than previously thought.
Galactic ‘hailstorm’ in the early Universe
16 January 2015Astronomers have been able to peer back to the young Universe to determine how quasars – powered by supermassive black holes with the mass of a billion suns – form and shape the evolution of galaxies.
Planck captures portrait of the young Universe, revealing earliest light
21 March 2013Satellite’s first all-sky image is the most detailed picture to date of the early Universe, giving us a better understanding of its birth.
Astronomers find evidence of cosmic climate change
23 December 2010Evidence of an intense warming period in the Universe’s early history, described as a form of “cosmic climate change”, has been found by an international team of astronomers.
Probing the Universe: Kavli Institute for Cosmology
01 May 2010Scientists at Cambridge’s Kavli Institute are studying how the Universe developed after the Big Bang by analysing light emitted up to 13.7 billion years ago.
