Tag: MACS1149-JD1

Conceptual image of MACS1149-JD1 forming and spinning up to speed in the early Universe. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

Capturing The Onset Of Galaxy Rotation In The Early Universe

MessageToEagle.com | July 2, 2022

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – As telescopes have become more advanced and powerful, astronomers have been able to detect more and more distant galaxies. These are some

This image shows the galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223 taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope; the inset image is the very distant galaxy MACS1149-JD1, seen as it was 13.3 billion years ago and observed with ALMA. Here, the oxygen distribution detected with ALMA is depicted in red. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, W. Zheng (JHU), M. Postman (STScI), the CLASH Team, Hashimoto et al.

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Star Formation That Began As Early As 250 Million Years After The Big Bang

MessageToEagle.com | May 20, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – Star formation in the very distant galaxy MACS1149-JD1 started at an unexpectedly early stage, only 250 million years after the Big Bang, based on observations of from Atacama