Massive black hole in the early universe spotted taking a ‘nap’ after overeating
18 December 2024Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is ‘napping’ after stuffing itself with too much food.
‘Inside-out’ galaxy growth observed in the early universe
11 October 2024Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe the ‘inside-out’ growth of a galaxy in the early universe, only 700 million years after the Big Bang.
Astronomers detect black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death
12 September 2024Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars.
Earliest detection of metal challenges what we know about the first galaxies
06 June 2024Astronomers have detected carbon in a galaxy just 350 million years after the Big Bang, the earliest detection of any element in the universe other than hydrogen.
Earliest, most distant galaxy discovered with James Webb Space Telescope
30 May 2024The two earliest and most distant galaxies yet confirmed, dating back to only 300 million years after the Big Bang, have been discovered using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers today announced.
Webb detects most distant black hole merger to date
16 May 2024An international team of astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, has used the James Webb Space Telescope to find evidence for an ongoing merger of two galaxies and their massive black holes when the Universe was only 740 million years old. This marks the most distant detection of a black hole merger ever obtained and the first time that this phenomenon has been detected so early in the Universe.
Astronomers spot oldest ‘dead’ galaxy yet observed
06 March 2024A galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago has been observed by astronomers.
Galaxy mergers solve early Universe mystery
18 January 2024A team of astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to reveal, for the first time, what lies in the local environment of galaxies in the very early Universe.
Astronomers detect oldest black hole ever observed
17 January 2024Researchers have discovered the oldest black hole ever observed, dating from the dawn of the universe, and found that it is ‘eating’ its host galaxy to death.
Carbon-based molecules found in atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b
11 September 2023An international team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge has used data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to discover methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K2-18 b, an exoplanet in the ‘Goldilocks zone’. This is the first time that carbon-based molecules have been discovered in the atmosphere of an exoplanet in the habitable zone.
