The Evolving Universe

When did the first galaxies form, and how have they then evolved? CAASTRO is working to provide two crucial new views of how gas, stars and galaxies have evolved over cosmic time. First, we are searching for and studying the faint radio signal from the "Epoch of Reionisation", the period when stars, galaxies and quasars ionised the entire Universe. Second, we are aiming to measure the stellar and neutral hydrogen content of 500,000 galaxies spanning the last eight billion years, thus allowing us to discriminate between competing theories of galaxy formation.

Evolving Universe Theme Leader – Stuart Wyithe (Univ. Melbourne) 

Professor Stuart Wyithe, CAASTRO Theme Leader

Some of the facilities and surveys that CAASTRO is using and conducting in order to study the Evolving Universe include:

 

 

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