A (less)er challenge to galaxy formation
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 11:07
in Astronomy & Space
An international team of astronomers have undertaken a survey with a new submillimetre camera have discovered more than a hundred dusty galaxies in the early Universe, each of which is in the throes of an intense burst of star formation. One of these galaxies is an example of a rare class of starburst, seen just 1 billion years after the Big Bang. In her presentation on Wednesday 22nd April at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science conference, team leader Dr Kristen Coppin of Durham University will discuss the new results and how they may present a direct challenge to our current ideas of how galaxies formed...