Artist’s conception of galaxy ZF-COSMOS-20115 . By Swinburne University and Texas A&M University College of Science Staff An international team of astronomers including two from Texas A&M University has, for the first time, spotted a massive, inactive galaxy from a time when the Universe was only 1.65 billion years old.
Artist conception of a supermassive black hole (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.) By Chris Jarvis, Texas A&M University College of Science Texas A&M University astronomer Jonelle Walsh doesn’t sugar-coat things regarding science’s understanding of the mysterious cosmic phenomenon known as supermassive black holes. “There’s simply a lot we don’t know,” Walsh said, with emphasis…