A radio signal 9 billion light-years away from Earth has been captured in a record-breaking recording, Space.com said Friday.
The signal was detected by a novel wavelength generally known as a “21-centimeter line” or the “hydrogen line,” which is reportedly emitted by neutral hydrogen atoms.
The signal captured by the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in India could mean that scientists can start investigating the formation of a number of the earliest stars and galaxies, the report said.
Researchers detected the signal from a “star-forming galaxy” titled SDSSJ0826+5630, which was emitted when the 13.8 billion-year-old Milky Way – the galaxy where Earth resides – was just 4.9 billion years old.
“It’s the such as a look-back in time of 8.8 billion years,” creator and McGill University Department of Physics post-doctoral cosmologist Arnab Chakraborty said in an announcement this week.
Galaxies reportedly emit light across a wide selection of radio wavelengths. But until recently, 21-cm-wavelength radio waves had only been recorded from galaxies nearby.
“A galaxy emits different sorts of radio signals. Until now, it’s only been possible to capture this particular signal from a galaxy nearby, limiting our knowledge to those galaxies closer to Earth,” Chakraborty said.
The signal allowed astronomers to measure the galaxy’s gas content and subsequently find the galaxy’s mass.
This determination has led scientists to conclude that this far-off galaxy is double the mass of the celebs visible from Earth, the report said.
A radio signal 9 billion light-years away from Earth has been captured in a record-breaking recording, Space.com said Friday.
The signal was detected by a novel wavelength generally known as a “21-centimeter line” or the “hydrogen line,” which is reportedly emitted by neutral hydrogen atoms.
The signal captured by the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in India could mean that scientists can start investigating the formation of a number of the earliest stars and galaxies, the report said.
Researchers detected the signal from a “star-forming galaxy” titled SDSSJ0826+5630, which was emitted when the 13.8 billion-year-old Milky Way – the galaxy where Earth resides – was just 4.9 billion years old.
“It’s the such as a look-back in time of 8.8 billion years,” creator and McGill University Department of Physics post-doctoral cosmologist Arnab Chakraborty said in an announcement this week.
Galaxies reportedly emit light across a wide selection of radio wavelengths. But until recently, 21-cm-wavelength radio waves had only been recorded from galaxies nearby.
“A galaxy emits different sorts of radio signals. Until now, it’s only been possible to capture this particular signal from a galaxy nearby, limiting our knowledge to those galaxies closer to Earth,” Chakraborty said.
The signal allowed astronomers to measure the galaxy’s gas content and subsequently find the galaxy’s mass.
This determination has led scientists to conclude that this far-off galaxy is double the mass of the celebs visible from Earth, the report said.
