Distant proto-supercluster! An early intersection point in the cosmic web?
Astronomers have found the most distant proto-supercluster yet, an early collection of galaxies at a junction in the cosmic web. The post Distant proto-supercluster! An early intersection point in the cosmic web? first appeared on EarthSky .
Astronomers have identified the most distant proto-supercluster ever observed, named COSMOS-z3.1-A. This ancient structure, weighing 5,000 times as much as the Milky Way, existed when the universe was just 2.1 billion years old. The discovery supports theories about the evolution of galaxy clusters and reveals their location at the intersection of several cosmic web filaments.
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