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Gabriele Montefalcone Awarded Summer Graduate Fellowship
Physics graduate student Gabriele Montefalcone received the 2023 Weinberg Institute/TCCAP Graduate Fellowship.
NewScientist
What the huge young galaxies seen by JWST tell us about the universe
Not enough time had elapsed to have brought together that amount of matter and turned it into this many stars. At the time, Mike Boylan-Kolchin...
LIGO Caltech
LIGO Ready to Explore Secrets of the Universe
The fourth observing run of the global gravitational wave network begins. UT Austin hosts a large LIGO group: Professors Chen, Laguna, Shoemaker, and Zimmerman
Discover Magazine
JWST Images Challenge Galaxy Formation Theories
Mike Boylan-Kolchin, an astronomer from the University of Texas at Austin, says that scientists now think we're seeing galaxies from as early as 13.48 billion...
James Webb Space Telescope Images Challenge Theories of How Universe Evolved
Hefty young galaxies defy the reigning model of cosmology, called "dark energy + cold dark matter" or ΛCDM.
National Geographic
The most ancient galaxies in the universe are coming into view
The James Webb Space Telescope is discovering distant clusters of stars that formed surprisingly early—presenting new mysteries about how the universe evolved.
Cosmic Dawn III Recreates the Early Universe Epoch of Reionization in Unprecedented Detail
Scientists create the most detailed and accurate simulation ever produced of the first billion years of the universe.
Theoretical Astroparticle and Cosmology Symposium Held
The inaugural TACOS event was organized by The University of Texas at Austin's Kimberly Boddy & held at Southern Methodist University.
Scientific American
JWST’s First Glimpses of Early Galaxies Could Break Cosmology
Michael Boylan-Kolchin says, “Even if you took everything that was available to form stars and snapped your fingers instantaneously, you still wouldn't be able to...
Science
Webb telescope reveals unpredicted bounty of bright galaxies in early universe
Michael Boylan-Kolchin of UT Austin describes surprising galaxies detected with the James Webb Space Telescope.