Powerful Lasers Help Probe Massive Galaxies Of The Early Universe

Astronomers have presented high-resolution images of galaxies that were already old when the Universe was only 20 percent of its present age.

By Solar Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published June 10, 2009

Astronomers have presented high-resolution images of galaxies that were already old when the Universe was only 20 percent of its present age. The report was presented by Dr. Alan Stockton of the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, in a press conference at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Pasadena, California, and includes work done with Dr. Gabriela Canalizo (University of California, Riverside) and Dr. Elizabeth McGrath (University of California, Santa Cruz)

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