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Department of Physics & Astronomy

College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences

Computer simulation of a region of the universe wherein a low-density “void” (dark blue region at top center) is surrounded by denser structures containing numerous galaxies (orange/white). The research done by Becker and his team suggests that early in cosmic history, these void regions would have been the murkiest places in the universe even though they contained the least amount of dark matter and gas.

Early Opaque Universe Linked to Galaxy Scarcity: Team led by UC Riverside astronomer George Becker used the Subaru telescope to make the discovery

RIVERSIDE, Calif. ( www.ucr.edu) — A team of astronomers led by George Becker at the University of California, Riverside, has made a surprising discovery: 12.5 billion years ago, the most opaque place in the universe contained relatively little matter. It has long been known that the universe is filled with a web-like network of dark...
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