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Galaxy Clusters - Dark Skeletons of the Cosmos
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Découverte du plus grand amas de galaxies connu dans l univers primitif
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Ancient galaxy clusters have been described as “the dark skeletons of the cosmos.” Astronomers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have found the most densely populated galaxy cluster in formation in the primitive universe. The researchers predict that this structure, among the largest astronomical objects in the Universe, which is at a distance of 12.5 billion light years from us, will have evolved becoming a cluster similar to the 1,300 galaxies of the Virgo Cluster, a neighbor of the Local Group of galaxies to which harbors our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
The Dark Skeletons
Clusters of galaxies –“dark skeletons”– shaped by the underlying distribution of dark matter” –are groups of galaxies which remain together because of the action of gravity. To understand the evolution of these “cities of galaxies” scientists look for structures in formation, the so-called galaxy protoclusters, in the early universe. A protocluster is a structure of gala
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IMAGE: Image of the studied galaxy cluster in formation, 12.5 billion light years from us. The circles indicate the new members discovered with the GTC, 4 of them are shown in. view more
Credit: Credit: NASA/ESA/GOODS-N+3DHST+CANDELS Team/Daniel López/IAC
A study, led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and carried out with OSIRIS, an instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), has found the most densely populated galaxy cluster in formation in the primitive universe. The researchers predict that this structure, which is at a distance of 12.5 billion light years from us, will have evolved becoming a cluster similar to that of Virgo, a neighbour of the Local Group of galaxies to which the Milky Way belongs. The study is published in the specialized journal