Synopsis: How Dark Matter Shaped the First Galaxies
APS Physics - Wed 2 Oct 19Simulations show that competing models of dark matter produce primordial star-forming regions that look very different from one another.[Physics] Published Wed Oct 02, 2019
Synopsis: A New Plasma-Based Axion Detector
APS Physics - Tue 1 Oct 19A proposed device could detect the hypothesized dark matter particle in a mass regime not probed by other devices.[Physics] Published Tue Oct 01, 2019
A galactic grouping dates to the dawn of the Universe
Nature News - Tue 1 Oct 19Nature, Published online: 27 September 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02919-4Telescopes detect a ‘protocluster’ that had already formed less than one billion years after the ...
A long time ago in 12 galaxies far, far away…
Cosmos Magazine - Sun 29 Sep 19Astronomers have discovered the most distant known cluster of galaxies 13 billion light years away. Richard A Lovett reports.
The Oldest Discovered Cluster of Galaxies is Revealing the Early Universe
Discover Magazine - Fri 27 Sep 19A rendering of data from the study. The blue shading shows the estimated protocluster extent and the smaller boxes show images of the galaxies they observed in the protocluster. (Credit: NAOJ/Harikane ...
The oldest discovered cluster of galaxies is revealing the early universe, Astronomy.com - Fri 27 Sep 19Oldest galaxy protocluster forms 'queen's court'
Phys.org - Fri 27 Sep 19Using the Subaru, Keck and Gemini Telescopes, an international team of astronomers has discovered a collection of 12 galaxies that existed about 13.0 billion years ago. This is the earliest ...
Oldest galaxy protocluster forms 'queen's court', ScienceDaily - Fri 27 Sep 19Oldest galaxy protocluster forms 'queen's court', Eurekalert - Fri 27 Sep 19
Huge cosmic structures already existed when the universe was a baby
FOXNews - Mon 30 Sep 19Astronomers have discovered the oldest cluster of galaxies ever seen, which dates to the early universe.
Huge Cosmic Structures Already Existed When the Universe Was a Baby, Livescience - Mon 30 Sep 19Astronomers spot oldest galactic protocluster, a giant of the early universe
UPI - Fri 27 Sep 19With the help of several powerful telescopes, an international team of astronomers has identified the earliest known protocluster, a constellation of 12 galaxies linked by gravity that formed ...
New 'fuzzy' dark matter research disrupts conventional thinking
Eurekalert - Thu 3 Oct 19New research conducted at the University of Sussex has simulated dark matter in a new way for the first time, disrupting conventional thinking about the make-up of the universe.
Record-breaking observations find most remote protocluster of galaxies
Newswise - Wed 2 Oct 19An international team of astronomers with participation by researchers from DAWN, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen has discovered a protocluster of galaxies 13.0 billion light ...
Record breaking observations find most remote protocluster of galaxies, Eurekalert - Tue 1 Oct 19Department of Energy Announces $6.6 Million to Study Dark Matter
Newswise - Wed 2 Oct 19The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $6.6 million for four new research awards to develop design concepts for dark matter search experiments.