Japanese astronomers have discovered two galaxies hidden on the “edge of space and time”, which Einstein described as “space-time”, using 66 radio telescopes to discover very long distances and penetrate the overlapping environments and universes.
Astronomers spotted, by pure chance, two galaxies on the “edge of space and time” (an expression of the very large dimension) that remained hidden and hidden behind a thick veil of dust, until they were now discovered.
According to the report published in the “vice” magazine, these obscured galaxies formed more than 13 billion years ago, about 800 million years after the birth of the universe itself, which may enable scientists and help them find other ancient objects covered in dust.
The discovery was led by a group of scientists led by Yoshinobu Fudamoto, an astronomer at the Waseda University Research Institute of Science and Engineering in Japan, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). With brighter UV lights.
According to tweaktown, the team used the Atacama Large Millimeter Subarray (ALMA), located in Chile, to make the discovery.
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International team using ALMA revealed the distribution of heavy hydrogen (deuterium) in planet formation sites with the highest resolution ever achieved. pic.twitter.com/r6oFRgQ8sy— NAOJ ALMA project (@NAOJ_ALMA_en) September 15, 2021
The (ALMA) system is an astronomical interferometer consisting of 66 radio telescopes that is able to see through the environments and the accumulated universes located at very large distances “incredibly”.
Today @Nature features 2 research made with ALMA data.
📷1: Distant galaxies imaged with ALMA, #Hubble and VISTA ESO. Green and orange represent radiations from ionized carbon atoms and dust particles
📷2: Composite image of galaxy cluster MACSJ 0138.
➡️https://t.co/7zh1b5oIUe pic.twitter.com/NyLGPdWcta— ALMA Observatory📡 (@almaobs) September 22, 2021
The team found the two new galaxies when it was observing two target galaxies codenamed REBELS-12 and REBELS-29.
The XVIII team found that these kinematics, or motions, can be used to search for the signatures of planets in the disks. #maps #stars #astronomy #ALMA
Credit: R. Teague et al (MAPS) pic.twitter.com/jss53lIVBs
— National Radio Astronomy Observatory | NRAO (@TheNRAO) September 15, 2021
During the observations, the team noticed that thousands of light-years away from the target galaxies, there were strange bright emissions that they traced and studied their source.
After research and follow-up, the team discovered two galaxies, which were named “REBELS-12-2” and “REBELS-29-2”.
"ALMA Scientists Uncover the Mystery of Early Massive Galaxies Running on Empty" by @TheNRAO https://t.co/JDAP71G0us pic.twitter.com/T1gJ6YkhEv
— ALMA Observatory📡 (@almaobs) September 25, 2021
These galaxies are hidden for a very long time behind a cloud of cosmic dust, where they cannot be seen by ultraviolet radiation or by optical light.
Researchers estimate that the newly discovered galaxies formed just 800 million years after the birth of the universe, which occurred 13.8 billion years ago.