REBELS-25
| REBELS-25 | |
|---|---|
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Sextans |
| Right ascension | 10h 10m 32.32s |
| Declination | 01° 44′ 31.22″ |
| Redshift | 7.31±0.0001 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 2,190,434 km/s (1,361,073 mi/s) |
| Galactocentric velocity | 2,190,289 km/s (1,360,982 mi/s) |
| Distance | 13 billion ly (4.0 billion pc) (light travel distance) 30 billion ly (9.2 billion pc) (comoving distance) 236 billion ly (72 billion pc) (luminosity distance) |
| Characteristics | |
| Mass | 8×109 M☉ |
| Size | 16 kly (4.9 kpc) |
| Other designations | |
| COSMOS2020 0336101, COSMOS2020 Farmer 499535, [SLB2017] UVISTA-Y-3, [BJD2020] UVISTA-0213 | |
REBELS-25 is a massive, star-forming rotating disc galaxy[1][2] with a redshift of 7.31.[3] It was discovered using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA),[4][5] notice of its discovery was published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. REBELS-25 existed just 700 million years after the Big Bang.[6][7] The discovery of such an ancient galaxy not only makes it the oldest known galaxy, but it is another piece of mounting evidence that suggests cosmologists need to revise their previous notions on galactic evolution.[8]
REBELS-25 is very complex compared to what was expected for a galaxy of its age: researchers discovered that it rotates (with the help of blueshift and redshift), and also shows traces of spiral arms as "modern" galaxies, like the Milky Way, has.[9][10][11] Lucie Rowland, lead author of the REBELS-25 discovery paper, said about this ancient galaxy that "Seeing a galaxy with such similarities to our own Milky Way, that is strongly rotation-dominated, challenges our understanding of how quickly galaxies in the early Universe evolve into the orderly galaxies of today's cosmos".[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Rowland, Lucie E.; et al. (24) (9 May 2024). "REBELS-25: Discovery of a dynamically cold disc galaxy at z = 7.31". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 535 (3): 2068–2091. arXiv:2405.06025. Bibcode:2024MNRAS.535.2068R. doi:10.1093/mnras/stae2217.
- ^ "Astronomers Discover Most Distant Rotating Disk Galaxy: REBELS-25 | Sci.News". Sci.News: Breaking Science News. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "REBELS-25 is a dynamically cold disk galaxy, observations find". phys.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "Astronomers' discovery of distant Milky Way-like galaxy challenges our theories of how cosmos evolved". 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Record-breaking ancient spinning galaxy challenges cosmic evolution theories". Space.com. 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Astronomers Discover Most Distant Rotating Disk Galaxy: REBELS-25 | Sci.News". 8 October 2024.
- ^ Rowland, Lucie E.; Hodge, Jacqueline; Bouwens, Rychard; Piña, Pavel E Mancera; Hygate, Alexander; Algera, Hiddo; Aravena, Manuel; Bowler, Rebecca; Da Cunha, Elisabete; Dayal, Pratika; Ferrara, Andrea; Herard-Demanche, Thomas; Inami, Hanae; Van Leeuwen, Ivana; De Looze, Ilse; Oesch, Pascal; Pallottini, Andrea; Phillips, Siân; Rybak, Matus; Schouws, Sander; Smit, Renske; Sommovigo, Laura; Stefanon, Mauro; Van Der Werf, Paul (2024). "REBELS-25: Discovery of a dynamically cold disc galaxy at z = 7.31". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 535 (3): 2068–2091. Bibcode:2024MNRAS.535.2068R. doi:10.1093/mnras/stae2217.
- ^ "Astronomers just found a galaxy way too advanced for its time". Mashable. 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Astronomers Discover Most Distant Rotating Disk Galaxy: REBELS-25 | Sci.News". 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Discovery of most distant rotating disk galaxy challenges current formation theories".
- ^ https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-baffled-by-ancient-galaxy-that-mirrors-modern-milky-way/
- ^ Le Conte, Zoe A.; Gadotti, Dimitri A.; Ferreira, Leonardo; Conselice, Christopher J.; De Sá-Freitas, Camila; Kim, Taehyun; Neumann, Justus; Fragkoudi, Francesca; Athanassoula, E.; Adams, Nathan J. (11 May 2024). "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society". academic.oup.com. 530 (2): 1984–2000. arXiv:2309.10038. doi:10.1093/mnras/stae921. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
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