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Galaxy disk observed to have formed shortly after the Big Bang

Authors :
Tiley, Alfred
Source :
Nature. May 2020, Vol. 581 Issue 7808, p267, 2 p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Author(s): Alfred Tiley Author Affiliations: Galaxy disk observed to have formed shortly after the Big Bang Galaxies are immense, gravitationally bound systems composed of stars, dust, gas and invisible 'dark [...]<br />A powerful radio telescope has peered back through time to observe a galaxy that contained a cold, rotating disk of gas not long after the Big Bang -- fuelling the debate about when and how disks first formed in galaxies. A cold rotating gas disk from 12.5 billion years ago.

Subjects

Subjects :
Observations
Origin
Analysis
Natural history
Galactic evolution -- Analysis
Big bang theory -- Analysis
Spiral galaxies -- Observations -- Natural history -- Analysis
Accretion disks -- Origin -- Observations -- Analysis
Galaxies -- Evolution

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00280836
Volume :
581
Issue :
7808
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Nature
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.624538868
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01418-1
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