by Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe December 28, 2020 Small universes branching out of our universe shortly after the Big Bang appear to us as black holes. Credit: Kavli IPMU The Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) is home to several interdisciplinary projects that take advantage of the synergy of the wide range of expertise available at the institute. One of these projects is the study of black holes that could have formed in the early universe, before the birth of stars and galaxies. These primordial black holes (PBHs)…
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picture: Spingola et al. Bill Saxton, NRAO / AUI / NSF. (else)When the universe was emerging a billion years old, a galaxy A gigantic and fast-moving jet of radiation and plasma spewed out into the universe. After nearly 13 billion years, that plane became visible to humans in the form of a laser. The plane was photographed recently And analyzed by a team of Italian astronomers. Their findings, which give a sense of the plane’s length and speed, were recently published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.Seen through Very long base array- A formation of 10 radio telescopic antennas stretching…