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#Whopping Galaxy cluster Spotted with Help of NASA Telescopes Astronomers have discovered a giant gathering of galaxies in a very remote part of the universe, thanks to NASA Spitzer space telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE.
The galaxy cluster, located 8. 5 billion light-years away, is the most massive structure yet found at such great distances.
Galaxy clusters are gravitationally bound groups of thousands of galaxies, which themselves each contain hundreds of billions of stars.
For example, we are seeing the newfound galaxy cluster called Massive Overdense Object (MOO) J1142+1527 as it existed 8. 5 billion years ago, long before Earth formed.
according to the scientistsestimates. ased on our understanding of how galaxy clusters grow from the very beginning of our universe,
700 additional galaxy cluster candidates with Spitzer, looking for biggest of the bunch. nce we find the most massive clusters,
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