Extremely Massive Galaxy Proto-Supercluster Smashes Distance Record

Rare Ancestor of a Galaxy Supercluster Breaks Distance Record, Offering Clues to Galaxy Cluster Evolution

Learn how ancient clusters of galaxies — including the most distant proto-supercluster ever found — could provide clues on galactic evolution. 

Extremely massive galaxy proto-supercluster smashes distance record

An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant progenitor to a galaxy supercluster ever. The discovery supports existing theories of how galaxy clusters evolve and reveals how they are connected to the larger cosmic web. The study relies largely on data from the ODIN survey, conducted with the U.S. Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope i…

COSMOS-z3.1-A: Most distant galaxy proto-supercluster

COSMOS-z3.1-A: Most distant galaxy proto-supercluster | Victor Blanco TelescopeCaptured within this image is the newly discovered galaxy proto-supercluster named COSMOS-z3.1-A. A proto-supercluster is a loose collection of galaxies that will one day coalesce into a stable ‘cluster-of-clusters’ of galaxies. Having been observed when the Universe was only 2.1 billion years old, COSMOS-z3.1-A is the earliest, most distant proto-supercluster ever fo…

Extremely Massive Galaxy Proto-Supercluster Smashes Distance Records - The ancestor to a ‘cluster-of-clusters’ of galaxies has a mass 5000 times that of the Milky Way and lies in one of the densest regions of the cosmic web ever observed

An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant progenitor to a galaxy supercluster ever. The discovery supports existing theories of how galaxy clusters evolve, and reveals how they are connected to the larger cosmic web. The study relies largely on data from the ODIN survey, conducted with the U.S. Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope …