Welcome to the Cosmic Dawn Center
The Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) is an international basic research center supported by the Danish National Research Foundation.
DAWN is located in Copenhagen at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, and at the National Space Institute at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Space).
The center is dedicated to uncovering how and when the first galaxies, stars and black holes formed, through observations with the prime telescopes of the next decade (ALMA, JWST, Euclid, E-ELT, HST) as well as through theory and simulations.
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News
James Webb finds surprisingly mature galaxies in early cosmic megastructure
Using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of researchers led by a Danish astronomy student at the Cosmic Dawn Center in Copenhagen showed that some of the most massive galaxies in the early Universe were evolving more rapidly than expected. Studying a recently-discovered enormous galaxy cluster, the “Cosmic Vine”, the astronomers found that the huge structure hosts many additional galaxies, including several massive “dead” galaxies that have already stopped forming stars.
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Viola Gelli wins prize for best PhD thesis in astrophysics
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International collaboration honored with prestigious Into Change Award for uncovering the cosmic origin of heavy elements
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Galactic dust reveals hidden patterns in stunning new images from James Webb
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First light from student-built radio telescope
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Kasper Elm Heintz among Berlingske’s Top 100 Talents
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