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Vast bubble of galaxies discovered, given Hawaiian name

Vast bubble of galaxies discovered, given Hawaiian name

by Roy Gal | Sep 5, 2023 | Cosmology, Discoveries, Galaxy Clustering, News, Research, Slider, UH Press Release

A University of Hawaiʻi-led discovery of an immense bubble 820 million light years from Earth is believed to be a fossil-like remnant of the birth of the universe.
Astronomers reveal new map of dark matter, mass in universe

Astronomers reveal new map of dark matter, mass in universe

by Roy Gal | Jan 31, 2023 | Cosmology, Current, Galaxy Clustering, News, Research, Surveys, UH Press Release

IfA Astronomer Eric Baxter co-authored new research that traces the mass distribution in the universe in three dimensions.
UH astronomers map distances to 56,000 galaxies

UH astronomers map distances to 56,000 galaxies

by Roy Gal | Sep 26, 2022 | Cosmology, Galaxy Clustering, News, Research, UH Press Release

How old is our universe, and what is its size? A team of researchers led by IfA astronomers Brent Tully and Ehsan Kourkchi has assembled the largest-ever compilation of high-precision galaxy distances, called Cosmicflows-4.
UH astronomers produce catalog to extensively map universe

UH astronomers produce catalog to extensively map universe

by Roy Gal | Aug 15, 2022 | Cosmology, Current, Galaxy Clustering, News, Research, Surveys, UH Press Release

What does our universe look like at the largest size scales? A massive new catalog of high-fidelity distance estimates to more than 350 million galaxies reveals the soap-bubble structure of the universe in detail.
UH discovery among first images captured by Webb Space Telescope

UH discovery among first images captured by Webb Space Telescope

by Roy Gal | Jul 11, 2022 | Current, Galaxy Clustering, News, Research, UH Press Release

NASA and The White House have released the very first image taken with NASA’s flagship James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The target is an enormous cluster of galaxies that was originally discovered by researchers at the IfA.

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