“Astronomers spot a huge cluster of galaxies forming earlier in cosmic history than thought possible.”

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The JADES-ID1 protocluster (X-ray: NASA / CXC / CfA / Á Bogdán; Infrared: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI; Image Processing: NASA / CXC / SAO / P. Edmonds and L. Frattare)

Astronomers Spot a Huge Cluster of Galaxies Forming Earlier in Cosmic History Than Thought Possible

The young galaxy cluster existed about 12.8 billion years ago and has an estimated mass 20 trillion times that of the sun

Sara Hashemi

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