Why are dark matter halos of ultra-diffuse galaxies so … odd?
A UC Riverside physicist explains
Unraveling a mystery surrounding cosmic matter
UC Riverside physicist and colleague invoke the cosmological collider to explain why matter, and not antimatter, dominates the universe
Surprisingly high fraction of dead galaxies found in ancient galactic city
Why cluster’s galaxies are unlike those in all the other known protoclusters is a mystery, says UC Riverside-led team
Astronomers explain origin of elusive ultradiffuse galaxies
UC Riverside astronomer and colleagues use simulations to reveal how the very faint dwarf galaxies are born
How a supermassive black hole originates
UC Riverside-led study points to a seed black hole produced by a dark matter halo collapse
Astronomers offer possible explanation for elusive dark-matter-free galaxies
UC Riverside-led study finds extreme tidal mass loss in dwarf galaxies formed in a simulation
Physicists explain mysterious dark matter deficiency in galaxy pair
A new theory about the nature of dark matter helps explain why a pair of galaxies about 65 million light-years from Earth contains very little of the mysterious matter, according to a study led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside. Dark matter is nonluminous and cannot be...
Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way help test dark matter theory
UC Riverside physicists demonstrate “self-interacting dark matter” model can be tested using astronomical observations of Draco and Fornax
Astronomers discover unusual monster galaxy in the very early universe
XMM-2599 lived fast and died young, says UC Riverside-led international team
Black holes stunt growth of dwarf galaxies
UC Riverside astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress star formation
The Milky Way kidnapped several tiny galaxies from its neighbor
UC Riverside-led research shows our galaxy is undergoing a massive merger with its largest satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud
Astronomers discover triplet of black holes on collision course
Unique expertise of UC Riverside scientists helped make the discovery
Study provides new insight into why galaxies stop forming stars
A team of UCR-led scientists get best measure yet of why star formation stopped in galaxy clusters in the early universe
Early opaque universe linked to galaxy scarcity
Team led by UC Riverside astronomer George Becker used the Subaru telescope to make the discovery