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Star-Forming Backbone of a Massive Structure in the Early Universe Photographed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a special camera known as AzTEC developed by a research team led by Grant Wilson, astronomy professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an international research group has ...

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UMass Amherst astronomers' camera leads to discovery of early galaxies

An international team of astronomers including Grant Wilson and Min Yun at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has detected one of the earliest "protoclusters" of galaxies ever identified, located about 12.5 billion light ...

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created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Astronomers identify most distant galaxy cluster

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have uncovered a burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe. This ancient collection of galaxies presumably grew into a modern galaxy cluster ...

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Astronomers Spot Brightest Galaxies in the Distant Universe

By combining the capabilities of several telescopes, astronomers have spotted extremely bright galaxies hiding in the distant, young universe. The newfound galaxies are intrinsically bright due to their large ...

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