Biosignatures as revealed by spectropolarimetry of Earthshine
Low-resolution intensity spectra of Earth's atmosphere obtained from space reveal strong signatures of life (`biosignatures'), such as molecular oxygen and...
Black-hole-regulated star formation in massive galaxies
Supermassive black holes, with masses more than a million times that of the Sun, seem to inhabit the centres of all massive galaxies. Cosmologically motivated...
Blazar spectral variability as explained by a twisted inhomogeneous jet
Blazars are active galactic nuclei, which are powerful sources of radiation whose central engine is located in the core of the host galaxy. Blazar emission is...
Confirmation and refutation of very luminous galaxies in the early Universe
During the first 500 million years of cosmic history, the first stars and galaxies formed, seeding the Universe with heavy elements and eventually reionizing...
Continuous Spectrum of Taurus A at 1.2 mm Wavelength
WE have measured the radiation from the region of the Crab nebula (Taurus A) in a waveband centred at 1.2 mm (250 GHz) in the far infrared. Our equipment was an...
The theory that predicts how the lightest elements formed after the Big Bang has hitherto failed to explain the amount of cosmic lithium. The detection of...
Deficit of distant X-ray-emitting galaxy clusters and implications for cluster evolution
CLUSTERS of galaxies are the largest gravitationally bound systems in the Universe and therefore provide important constraints on the formation and evolution of...