CEA News

CEA astronomer awarded Oserving Time on the James Webb Space Telescope

David Rosario, May 2021

Dr. David Rosario has been awarded observing time during the first year of the the next-generation James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore the nature of dusty winds launched by nearby supermassive black holes....

The dust content of distant star-forming galaxies

Ugne Dudzeviciute, January 2021

Around half of the star formation that has ever occurred in the Universe was obscured by dust, therefore, to obtain a more complete view of galaxy formation and evolution, it is crucial to understand the nature, origin and evolution of this dust-obscured activity in galaxies. In such galaxies, the ultraviolet/optical radiation is absorbed by dust grains....

Analysis of the metal content in distant star-forming galaxies

Steve Gillman, November 2020

In astronomy the metal content, or metallicity, of a galaxy is a measure of the abundance of elements heavier than Hydrogen. The flux contained within an emission line from a chemical element is proportional to the abundance of that element in the medium....

CEA astronomer awarded Future Leaders Fellowship

Leah Morabito, October 2020

Leah Morabito, an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, has been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship, funded by UKRI. The Fellowship comes with funding for a PDRA and a PhD student over the next four years....

Invisible Galaxies: understanding what Hubble Space Telescope can't see

Ian Smail, October 2020

An international team of researchers led from the Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy Durham University has used the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) to identify and investigate a class of extreme galaxies which are invisible to even the deepest observations by NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope....

Metals in the haloes around galaxies in the MUSE Analysis of Gas around Galaxies Survey

Rajeshwari Dutta, September 2020

Just as living organisms require food to grow, galaxies – the fundamental building blocks of the Universe - require gas to form stars and evolve. The evolution of galaxies is therefore closely linked with the gaseous medium surrounding them. Again similar to living beings, galaxies do not grow in isolation....

A link to the past: connecting local elliptical galaxies and high-redshift starbursts, Jack Birkin, September 2020

Hidden in Plain Sight: Monster Black Holes Found in Nearby Galaxies, Dave Alexander, July 2020

Enhanced compact AGN radio emission in red quasars, Vicky Fawcett, April 2020

Triple Rollover: a third lensed source for the Jackpot system, Russell Smith, April 2020

Studying the most luminous galaxies in the Universe, Ian Smail, March 2020

Exploring the jungle with VLT-MUSE, Rich Bielby, January 2020

A limit on Planck-scale froth with ESPRESSO, Ryan Cooke, January 2020

Disks spin faster - measurements of the morphology and
dynamics of distant galaxies with KMOS

NGC 3717: A Nearly Sideways Spiral Galaxy

Pristine gas in the MUSE Analysis of Gas around Galaxies Survey

Galaxy structure with strong gravitational lensing

Feeding Super Massive Black Holes at the Centre of Galaxies

CEA astronomers lead first science observations with new spectrographic facility on Subaru telescope

Sharp Eyes on Cold Gas: ALMA observations of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 2110

Blowin' in the Wind: How black hole winds travel

Black holes shed light on expanding Universe

Cosmic hydrodynamics in action with MUSE

Towards a direct measurement of cosmic acceleration, Ryan Cooke, December 2019

Disks spin faster - measurements of the morphology and dynamics of distant galaxies with KMOS, Steve Gillman, December 2019

Cosmic Architecture returns to the Ogden Centre for Lumiere 2019, November 2019

NGC 3717: A Nearly Sideways Spiral Galaxy, David Rosario, November 2019

Pristine gas in the MUSE Analysis of Gas around Galaxies Survey, Emma Lofthouse, November 2019

Galaxy structure with strong gravitational lensing, James Nightingale, October 2019

Feeding Super Massive Black Holes at the Centre of Galaxies, Tom Rose, October 2019

CEA astronomers lead first science observations with new spectrographic facility on Subaru telescope, Russell Smith, July 2019

Sifting Stardust in the Primordial Universe, Louise Welsh, June 2019

Star award for dark matter research, Mathilde Jauzac, May 2019

CEA Student Wins Video Prize, Vicky Fawcett, April 2019

Sharp Eyes on Cold Gas: ALMA observations of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 2110, David Rosario, January 2019

Blowin' in the Wind: How black hole winds travel, Misaki Mizumoto, January 2019

Black holes shed light on expanding Universe, Elisabeta Lusso, January 2019

World's Largest Digital Sky Survey Issues Biggest Astronomical Data Release Ever, January 2019

Cosmic hydrodynamics in action with MUSE, Matteo Fossati, January 2019

Simulated gravitational lensing signals of galaxy clusters

Hubble Space Telescope Back up and running

A measurement of the primordial helium abundance from the Intergalactic Medium

The Quasar Sightline and Galaxy Evolution survey

Big Bang Relic, December 2018

The intriguing case of Ton 28, November 2018

Hints of an intimate link between the growth of luminous and dark matter in star- forming galaxies over the last 8 billion years, November 2018

Observable tests of self-interacting dark matter in galaxy clusters, November 2018

A fixed Hubble captures a rare lensed galaxy for Durham astronomers, October 2018

A measurement of the primordial helium abundance from the Intergalactic Medium, October 2018

Distant starbursts are warmer than expected, May 2018

New high-resolution ALMA data reveal the shapes and sizes of actively star-forming submillimetre galaxies, May 2018

Durham astronomers discover two rare diamonds in the sky, April 2018

A new strong-lensing galaxy at a redshift of 0.066, April 2018

CEA astronomers identify signatures of AGN feedback, March 2018

CEA Astronomers to lead a new large programme on ESO's VLT, January 2018

Durham astronomers discover an extended hydroden nebula around a dense gas cloud