Friday, May 18, 2012

Giant Galaxy-Packed Filament Revealed

ScienceDaily -- A McGill-led research team using the Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament connects two clusters of galaxies that, along with a third cluster, will smash together and give rise to one of the largest galaxy superclusters in the universe.

MORE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517143639.htm