Utah People's Post

The Latest News from the Beehive State

Monday, January 30, 2023
Log in
  • National News
    • Female Caseworker Killed & Doctor Shot in Philadelphia
  • State News
    • Car Chase Leads to Drug Arrest
  • Tech & Science
  • Health
    • How to Prepare For Ticks Season
    • Magical Weight Loss Bean Scam
  • Sports
  • Business
You are here: Home / Science / Scientists Discover A Galaxy Almost As Old As The Big Bang (Study)

Scientists Discover A Galaxy Almost As Old As The Big Bang (Study)

November 9, 2017 Posted by Amelia Donovan

very bright galaxy in the universe and the image center

Scientists were able to spot the second oldest known galaxy in the currently known Universe.

A newly discovered galaxy is considered to be the second oldest known object in the Universe, and thus offers tantalizing clues about the Big Bang and the origin of the cosmos.

A research paper on the matter was published in journal Nature Astronomy and was led by Jorge Zavala, at the time a graduate at the Large Millimeter Telescope.

The Discovery of this Currently Second Oldest Known Galaxy

First discovered by the Herschel Space Telescope, the galaxy, dubbed G09 83808, was relayed to the LMT. Positioned atop Volcán Sierra Negra, with the largest steerable dish in the world, this was able to get a closer look at G09 83808. In doing so, it was capable of determining how old the ancient object was, based on its distance from the Earth.

The result estimated it to be some 12.8 billion light-years. This means that G09 83808 probably formed within the first billion years of the Big Bang, which was calculated to have occurred about 13.7 billion years ago. That makes this the oldest discovered by this telescope, with only one other object in the universe (another galaxy) known to be older.

Min Yun, a University of Massachusetts Amherst astrophysicist who took part in the study, considers this an impressive feat. She points out that the universe was too ionized during its first 400 million years for the formation of stars or other objects. As such, G09 83808 and its coeval relatives seem to have formed sometime between half a billion and 1 billion years after the universe is considered to have begun.

The LMT was able to spot this galaxy better than most telescopes because of its use of millimeter-length wavelengths. These can “see” through the giant clouds of dust that surround it. The LMT was also able to detect its redshift. Previous observations have shown that a very old object has a larger redshift, which measures how fast the universe is expanding.

Even then, we may not have seen it without the help of gravitational lensing, which made it appear ten times closer than it actually is.

Image Source: Wikimedia

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Email

Filed Under: Science

mm

About Amelia Donovan

Amelia got her feet wet in the captivating world of journalism while still in college, working as the editor of the university’s newspaper. She minored in Journalism and Mass Communication before receiving a scholarship at a prestigious German university. After receiving her bachelor’s degree, Amelia went on to pursue her biggest passions: journalism and science. She enjoys being up to date with any cutting-edge scientific advancements and her minor in biology allowed Amelia to accurately cover particularly interesting medical topics.

Woman working out at the gym

Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time

June 29, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)

June 29, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

United Airlines airplane

Passenger Mysteriously Dies on United Airlines flight Bound for Boston

June 28, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Breakfast sandwich

Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat

June 27, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Poppy flower

UN Warns of Surge in Opium-based Drugs and Cocaine Supply

June 27, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

U.S.-Canada border

French Jogger Detained 2 Weeks for Accidentally Crossing Border

June 26, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Plus size model

Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

June 25, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Giant manta ray

Unique Manta Ray Nursery Spotted off Texas Coast

June 23, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

The rainbow flag

WHO Scraps Transgenderism from List of Mental Illnesses

June 22, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

456 People Dead at U.K. Hospital after Taking too Many Painkillers

June 21, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Kenyan girls dancing

Kenyans Facing Poor Nutrition as Supermarket Shopping Is on the Rise

June 20, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

Pages

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Staff
  • Terms and Conditions

Recent Posts

  • Just 23% of Americans Are Working Out Enough in Their Spare Time
  • Poliovirus Therapy Gives Brain Cancer Patients New Hope (Study)
  • Passenger Mysteriously Dies on United Airlines flight Bound for Boston
  • Here Are Some Foods No Nutritionist Would Ever Eat
  • UN Warns of Surge in Opium-based Drugs and Cocaine Supply
  • French Jogger Detained 2 Weeks for Accidentally Crossing Border
  • Normalizing Plus Size Could Fuel Obesity Crisis (Study)

Related Articles

  • Giant manta ray

    Unique Manta Ray Nursery Spotted off Texas Coast

    Jun 23, 2018
  • Humans Account for Just 0.01% of Life, but Wiped Out 85% of Wild Mammals

    May 23, 2018
  • Volkswagen beetle driver

    Women Don’t View Flashy Men As Husband Material (Study)

    May 8, 2018
  • The Moon above forest

    Nokia, Others Plan to Plant 4G Network on the Moon

    Mar 1, 2018
  • Two spiral galaxies

    Monster Black Holes Outgrowing their Galaxies

    Feb 16, 2018
  • Iceberg in the Antarctic

    Researchers to Investigate Antarctic’s Newly Discovered Ecosystem

    Feb 12, 2018
  • Naked mole rat

    These Furless Mole Rats Don’t Seem to Age at All (Study)

    Jan 31, 2018
  • China's first space station Tiangong-1

    Chinese Confident They Can Take Rogue Space Lab Down with Lasers

    Jan 19, 2018
  • Modern glass building

    Energy-Producing ‘Smart Windows’ May Be the Future

    Nov 26, 2017
  • Earthquake aftermath

    Scientists:As Earth is Slowing Down, More Earthquakes are Looming

    Nov 20, 2017

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • National News
  • Nature
  • Provo
  • Salt Lake News
  • Science
  • Sports
  • State News
  • Tech & Science
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized
  • West Jordan
  • West Valley City
  • World

Copyright © 2023 utahpeoplespost.com

About · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Site Map · Contact