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Arif Babul
Galaxy cluster could become most massive structure in universe
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Galaxy cluster could become most massive structure in universe
Unbelievably dense, and forming stars quickly
The Ring
A dense concentration of galaxies recently discovered by a team including numerous UVic researchers is now causing astrophysicists to question our understanding of how structures form in the universe. Their study focuses on a collection of galaxies as they were manifest 12.4 billion years ago.
Cosmic mystery deepens
The Ring
In a study appearing in this month’s Astrophysical Journal, an international team of scientists—including an astrophysicist from the University of Victoria—use data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to confirm the presence of a baffling gigantic clump of dark matter at the very heart of Abell 520, a “high-speed cosmic pile-up” involving multiple massive clusters of galaxies 2.4 billion light years from Earth.
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