Previously astronomers observed steady movements among the «brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs),» which — as the name implies — are the «most
luminous galaxies in the universe.»
Not exact matches
The [
galaxy] they're most excited about is three times as
luminous as any other
galaxy of a similar age, making it «by far the brightest
galaxy ever observed at this stage
in the
universe,» the ESO said.
By learning about the change that the first stars and
galaxies imposed on the
universe, Hewitt said, HERA will help scientists figure out if the larger picture — the story — that they've pieced together about the emergence of
luminous objects
in the cosmos is correct.
«How can a quasar so
luminous, and a black hole so massive, form so early
in the history of the
universe, at an era soon after the earliest stars and
galaxies have just emerged?»
Neal Evans, an astronomy professor at the University of Texas at Austin, credits the researchers for broadening the observational window from the somewhat anomalous
luminous events to include run - of - the - mill
galaxies in the fairly young
universe.
They looked at 140,000 distant quasars,
luminous regions
in the center of massive
galaxies, when the
universe was only one - quarter of its present age.
A newfound
galaxy 12.5 billion light - years from Earth is the most
luminous one known
in the
universe, blazing more brightly than 300 trillion suns.
This artist's concept depicts the most
luminous galaxy known
in the
universe.
The hyper -
luminous galaxies are located 13 billion light years away when the
universe was
in its infancy.
Quasars are among the most
luminous objects
in the
universe, and generally are believed to be powered by material being drawn into a supermassive black hole at the center of a
galaxy, releasing large amounts of energy.