Simulations suggest the early universe helped black holes grow big, but not in the long run

At the heart of the Milky Way, just 27,000 light-years from Earth, there is a supermassive black hole with a mass of more ...

Extremely massive stars forged oldest star clusters in the universe, model suggests

An international team led by ICREA researcher Mark Gieles, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of ...

Team led by UChicago scientists maps massive galaxy clusters to help search for answers about laws of universe

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known ...
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This is the largest-ever galaxy cluster catalog. Could it reveal clues about the dark universe?

Astronomers have unveiled a new catalog of massive galaxy clusters, revealing new insight on the evolution of the universe ...
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Our universe's oldest galaxies were hot messes

The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, ...
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'Puzzling' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universe

While scouring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spotted Capotauro, "one of the most puzzling ...

This Object Appeared 90 Million Years After the Big Bang. It Could Rewrite the History of the Universe.

If it is a galaxy, it would be the oldest known galaxy in the cosmos, but it could also be a brown dwarf or an early black hole.
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Astronomers May Have Found the First Generation of Stars After the Big Bang

Astronomers may have found the universe’s first stars formed after the Big Bang, using JWST data and gravitational lensing.

Biggest black hole flare ever discovered shines with the light of 10 trillion suns, scientists say

Researcher Matthew Graham said scientists didn't initially "believe the numbers about the energy" emitting from the cosmic ...
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Scientists release new survey of the biggest objects in the universe

Scientists have released a new study that catalogues the universe by mapping huge clusters of galaxies. These clusters are some of the largest known objects in the universe — and they can help ...