Long Ago, Far Away and Hard to See

Andy Fell — June 22, 2022 - 10:13am

The ancestors of galaxy clusters, the largest structures in the universe, have been identified by a team of astronomers including Brian Lemaux, who is affiliated with the �ٺ��Ƶ Department of Physics and Astronomy. Galaxies in the newly identified protoclusters are surprisingly sparse and dim, which may be why they have been so difficult to find until now. The work was published June 15 in Nature.

Astronomers Find a Cosmic Titan in the Early Universe

Andy Fell — October 17, 2018 - 8:55am

An international team of astronomers has discovered a titanic structure in the early universe, just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. This galaxy proto-supercluster, nicknamed Hyperion, is the largest and most massive structure yet found at such a remote time and distance.

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Long Ago, Far Away and Hard to See

Astronomers Find a Cosmic Titan in the Early Universe