Corrado · @astrocorrus
20 followers · 31 posts · Server astrodon.social#Astronomers using the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope have discovered a thread-like arrangement of 10 #galaxies that existed just 830 million years after the Big Bang. The 3 million light-year-long structure is anchored by a luminous #quasar—a galaxy with an active, #supermassiveblackhole at its core. The team believes the filament will eventually evolve into a massive #clusterofgalaxies, much like the well-known #ComaCluster in the #nearbyuniverse.
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-webb-earliest-strands-cosmic-web.html
#astronomers #jameswebbspacetelescope #galaxies #quasar #supermassiveblackhole #clusterofgalaxies #comacluster #nearbyuniverse
ᴄᴏʀʀᴀᴅᴏ · @astrocorus
117 followers · 321 posts · Server astrodon.social
#Astronomers witness the birth of a very distant #clusterofgalaxies from the #earlyuniverse
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-astronomers-witness-birth-distant-cluster.html
#astronomers #clusterofgalaxies #earlyuniverse