Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 30, 2016 #1 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Record-Breaking Galaxy Cluster Discovered Quote A new record for the most distant galaxy cluster has been set using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. This galaxy cluster may have been caught right after birth, a brief, but important stage of evolution never seen before. The galaxy cluster is called CL J1001+0220 (CL J1001 for short) and is located about 11.1 billion light years from Earth. The discovery of this object pushes back the formation time of galaxy clusters – the largest structures in the Universe held together by gravity – by about 700 million years. Read more: NASA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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