Big Bang

Astronomers spot most massive galaxy cluster ever

A team of astronomers have detected a massive, sprawling and churning galaxy cluster that formed only 3.8 billion years after the Big Bang and is 1,000 times more massive than our Milky Way galaxy.

Jan 08, 2016, 11:33 AM IST

Faintest galaxy that's far, far away captured

A team of astronomers have found the faintest object ever seen in the early universe.

Dec 04, 2015, 08:53 AM IST

Hubble spots Big Bang frontiers, 250 new galaxies discovered

Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken advantage of gravitational lensing to reveal the largest sample of the faintest and earliest known galaxies in the Universe.

Oct 23, 2015, 09:28 AM IST

'Fossils' of galaxies reveal evolution of super galaxies

An international team has observed massive "dead" galaxies in the universe four billion years after the Big Bang which can reveal the formation and evolution of huge galaxies today.

Sep 29, 2015, 10:48 AM IST

'Cosmic fossils' shed light on galactic evolution

Fossils of galaxies have revealed the formation and evolution of massive galaxies.

Sep 26, 2015, 11:06 AM IST