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Synopsis: How Dark Matter Shaped the First Galaxies

APS Physics - Wed 2 Oct 19

Simulations 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 19

A 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 19

Nature, 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 19

Astronomers 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 19

A 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 19

Oldest galaxy protocluster forms 'queen's court'

Phys.org - Fri 27 Sep 19

Using 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 19
Oldest 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 19

Astronomers 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 19

Astronomers spot oldest galactic protocluster, a giant of the early universe

UPI - Fri 27 Sep 19

With 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 19

New 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 19

An 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 19

Department of Energy Announces $6.6 Million to Study Dark Matter

Newswise - Wed 2 Oct 19

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $6.6 million for four new research awards to develop design concepts for dark matter search experiments.