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Ultramassive galaxy discovery provides new look at early universe
Julian Muñoz, of the UT Department of Astronomy, recently published a paper that attempts to understand early galaxies.
UT News
Discovery of Unexpected Ultramassive Galaxies May Not Rewrite Cosmology, But Still Leaves Questions
“The development of objects in the universe is hierarchical. You start small and get bigger and bigger,” said Julian Muñoz at The University of Texas...
Excavation of Colossal Caverns for Neutrino Experiment Completed
The caverns in Lead, South Dakota, will house the gigantic particle detectors of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
Capturing the ripples of spacetime: LISA gets go-ahead
The European Space Agency officially adopts the LISA mission. Members of the CGP have leadership role in the LISA Consortium, including Professors Chen, Shoemaker, and...
Graduate Student Profile: Snehal Tibrewal
Snehal Tibrewal is a graduate student researcher in the Weinberg Institute and Department of Physics at The University of Texas at Austin.
NewScientist
A second big bang? The radical idea rewriting dark matter’s origins
Katherine Freese discusses her work in this article. The enduring mystery of dark matter has led some physicists to propose that it was forged in...
The Texas Scientist
James Webb Space Telescope Surfaces New Cosmic Questions
A new telescope takes us back to when the cosmic lights went on.
The Texas Scientist
A Quantum Test
Steven Weinberg of The University of Texas at Austin envisioned an experiment to poke holes in quantum mechanics.
TAMEST
TAMEST Member Profile: Katherine Freese, Ph.D. (NAS), The University of Texas at Austin
Katherine Freese, Ph.D. (NAS), The University of Texas at Austin, is a world-renowned theoretical astrophysicist who recently discovered a possible new type of star, powered...
NewScientist
Dark stars: Have we finally found a weird sun powered by dark matter?
Katherine Freese is featured in the cover article from New Scientist in September 2023. Astronomers say they have spotted evidence of stars fuelled by the...
