Not exact matches
He says any theory must also explain the development of
large - scale structures in the universe, and most importantly, the
afterglow of the big bang.
So thirsty are theorists for new insights into black holes and relativistic processes that, with each LIGO detection, observational astronomers have leapt into action to target those enormous patches of sky, hoping to see some
afterglow or other emission of electromagnetic radiation — even though by definition the resulting
larger black hole should emit no light.
Many researchers argue that ever more evidence from clusters of galaxies, the
largest scale structure of the universe, and the
afterglow of the big bang points to the existence of dark matter.
An hour and a half later, as part of Greiner's research, the Very
Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile, targeted the
afterglow.
Stefan Immler, Swift, GSFC, NASA
Larger and jumbo X-ray images of GRB 090423's
afterglow (image is 6.3 arcminutes wide).
Quick follow - up observations undertaken with the 8.2 - m Antu instrument at European Southern Observatory's Very
Large Telescope in the Paranal and the 1.5 - meter Danish telescope at La Silla identified a faint, point - like object in visible light that was fading rapidly, the optical counterpart of the gamma - ray burst called the «
afterglow» (Pedersen et al, 2000).