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Recent DAWN papers
Ito, Kei et al. , Black hole mass of a quiescent galaxy hosting a Type 1 AGN at z = 2.09: implications for black hole-galaxy coevolution and AGN quenching at high redshift, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fudamoto, Yoshinobu et al. , Identification of more than 40 gravitationally magnified stars in a galaxy at redshift 0.725, Nature Astronomy
Lin, Lingrui et al. , Inadequate turbulent support in low-metallicity molecular clouds, Nature Astronomy
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The Cosmic Dawn Center
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Some 50 scientists and students are affiliated with the Cosmic Dawn Center. Will you be our next colleague?
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The Cosmic Dawn Center is involved in a number of observational surveys, dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the early Universe.
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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
Kasper Elm Heintz among Berlingske’s Top 100 Talents
Congratulations to Kasper Elm Heintz, assistant professor at the Cosmic Dawn Center, who has been selected as one of the top 100 talents in Denmark 2025 in Berlingske’s annual award for his discoveries in observational astronomy and his contribution to our understanding of the early Universe.
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James Webb discovers earliest sign of the Universe becoming transparent
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New insights into galaxy growth and dark matter from James Webb
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Webb provides a new detailed look into the formation of the first galaxies
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Pengpei Zhu awarded the KHMW Young Talent Graduation Award for Astronomy
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Charlotte Mason receives large ERC grant to study structure formation in the early Universe
Astro-Pic Of the Day
- The Orion Nebula in Visible and InfraredThe Great Nebula in Orion is a colorful place