U of C Astrophysics Students Discover Galaxy Dating To Early Universe

Chicago IL

14 January, 2021

5:03 PM

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CHICAGO (CBS) — "This galaxy that we've observed, by looking out and back into the past, is already grown up. It's already formed almost a Milky Way's worth of stars," Michael Gladders, a professor at the U of C's astronomy and astrophysics department, said in a news release. "It's quite mature, but at a much earlier stage in the Universe." The discovery was a major milestone for the first iteration of a field course developed for a new astrophysics major at the U of C. The university has offered astrophysics classes for generations, and scientists at the university have been studying astrophysics for more than a century, but astrophysics only became an option as a major during the 2018-2019 academic year. Read more at CBS Chicago