Webb telescope reaches new milestone in its search for distant galaxies
09 December 2022New findings confirm that JWST has surpassed the Hubble telescope in its ability to observe the early Universe
Nine Cambridge scientists among the new 2022 Fellows announced by the Royal Society
10 May 2022The nine Cambridge researchers were all selected for their exceptional contributions to science.
Astronomers witness assembly of galaxies in the early Universe for the first time
22 July 2015An international team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge have detected the most distant clouds of star-forming gas yet found in normal galaxies in the early Universe – less than one billion years after the Big Bang. The new observations will allow astronomers to start to see how the first galaxies were built up and how they cleared the cosmic fog during the era of reionisation. This is the first time that such galaxies have been seen as more than just faint blobs.
Cause of galactic death: strangulation
13 May 2015Astronomers have partially solved an epic whodunit: what kills galaxies so that they can no longer produce new stars?
