Mark Vogelsberger wins 2020 Buchalter Cosmology Prize for simulating a “fuzzy” universe
Associate professor of physics shares the honor with colleague Phillip Mocz for their novel dark matter research.
Jan. 14, 2021 • ~3 min
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Most distant quasar’s black hole has the mass of 1.6B suns
The newly found quasar, the most distant ever discovered, hosts a supermassive black hole equivalent to the combined mass of 1.6 billion suns.
Jan. 14, 2021 • ~13 min
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Galaxies eject gas when they merge, preventing new stars forming – new research
These results might lead us to revise our understanding of how galaxies stop forming their stars.
Jan. 12, 2021 • ~5 min
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Where did this galaxy’s supermassive black hole go?
Researchers have been on the hunt for a missing supermassive black hole that should be in the central galaxy of cluster Abell 2261, but isn't.
Dec. 29, 2020 • ~10 min
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Gaia: scientists take a step closer to revealing origins of our galaxy
An international team of astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, announced the most detailed ever catalogue of the stars in a huge swathe of our Milky
Dec. 3, 2020 • ~4 min
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Most isolated massive stars are ‘runaways’
The vast majority of field massive stars are "runaways," or stars ejected from clusters, new research finds.
Nov. 3, 2020 • ~8 min
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Dark matter: our method for catching ghostly haloes could help unveil what it's made of
A new method suggests we should aim to detect dark matter haloes by tracing galactic gas.
Oct. 22, 2020 • ~7 min
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Galaxy simulations shed light on Milky Way’s origins
New galaxy simulations could help reveal the origins of the Milky Way and provide clues in the decades-long search for dark matter, researchers say.
Aug. 28, 2020 • ~6 min
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Age of the universe? Team says 12.6 billion years
Scientists tweaked a 90-year-old computational model to come up with a new age for the universe. The result? 12.6 billion years old.
Aug. 3, 2020 • ~5 min
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Dark energy: map gives clue about what it is – but deepens dispute about the cosmic expansion rate
Dark energy is probably a sea of constant energy in empty space itself, according to new research.
July 23, 2020 • ~6 min
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