The "Early Universe" Puzzle: Why do Galaxies in the Early Universe Appear Old? (A 'Galaxy' Classic) & 5 new Items:

For more information about Updates, Click on the titles: CERN LHC Creates Temperatures 100,000 Times Hotter than the Center of the Sun Scientists using the world's largest atom smasher have created some of the hottest and densest matter ever achieved on Earth achieving a state of matter called a quark gluon plasma that existed in the milliseconds after the big bang 13.7... The "Early Universe" Puzzle: Why do Galaxies in the Early Universe Appear Old? (A 'Galaxy' Classic) "These highly developed galaxies, whose star-forming youth is in fact long gone, just shouldn't be there, but are." Dr. Karl Glazebrook (Johns Hopkins University). Some of the faintest spectra in the universe raise a glaring question: Why do galaxies in... Gigantic Cluster of the Oldest Galaxies in the Universe Try to image the technologies of a civilization seven billion years older than Earth. Astronomers using the South Pole Telescope reported last winter that they have discovered the most massive galaxy cluster yet seen at a distance of 7 billion... New Insights into 'Hidden' Galaxies of the Universe A unique example of some of the lowest surface brightness galaxies in the universe with lower amounts of heavier elements and hence are faint and difficult to find have been located by an international team of astronomers led by the... "Sun Cycle 24" --A Major Decline in Solar Activity Ahead The signals of Sun Cycle 24 are clear: a missing jet stream, fading spots, and slower activity near the poles point to the Sun heading for a rest period even as it's flaring up for the first time in years,... Image of the Day: A Spectacular One-Spiral Galaxy This August 25, 2003 NASA Spitzer Space Telescope image shows galaxy NGC 4725 --a barred spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years away in the constellation Corna Berenices. While most spiral galaxies, including the Milky Way, have two or more spiral... Provided by The Daily Galaxy