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Galactic “Wind” Stifling Star Formation is Most Distant Yet Seen

By Guest PostFebruary 27, 2019Sciencegalactic wind, gravitational lensing, justin spilker, starburst galaxies

For the first time, a powerful “wind” of molecules has been detected in a galaxy 12 billion light-years away, showing how the earliest galaxies regulated the birth of stars to keep from blowing themselves apart. (more…)

Gravitational Lens Reveals Details of Distant, Ancient Galaxy

By Guest PostMarch 9, 2012Sciencedistant galaxy, gravitational field, gravitational lens, gravitational lensing, gravitational telescope

Thanks to the presence of a natural “zoom lens” in space, University of Chicago scientists working with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a uniquely close-up look at the brightest gravitationally magnified galaxy yet discovered. (more…)