Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Newly discovered galaxy cluster is by far the most ancient ever detected

Composite image of the galaxy cluster CL J1001+0220

Astronomers have detected the most distant galaxy cluster ever discovered lurking some 11.1 billion light-years away from Earth. Named CL J1001+0220 (CL J1001), the new discovery indicates that galaxy clusters were formed around 700 million years earlier than previously thought.

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