Astronomy News
 New
measurement of the Hubble constant
A PhD student at the
University of Western Australia has produced one of the most accurate
measurements ever made of how fast the Universe is expanding using a new
method to calculate the Hubble constant. 8 August 2011
Void alternative to dark energy may be
ruled out
Astronomers using data from the Hubble Space Telescope
may have ruled out one alternative theory to dark energy after
recalculating the expansion rate of the universe to unprecedented
accuracy. 10 July 2011
 Gamma-ray
burst 'only 520 million years after big bang'
A cosmic explosion
first detected in April 2009
is a candidate for the most distant object in the universe. At an
estimated 13.14 billion light years, it lies far beyond any known quasar
and could be more distant than any previously known galaxy or gamma-ray
burst. 10 July 2011
 Galaxy cluster in 'early' universe is unexpectedly mature
Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile have proved
that a galaxy cluster with ancient galaxies and stars existed a mere
three billion years after the big bang.
10 July 2011
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