An international team of astronomers using the VIMOS instrument of ESO’s Very Large Telescope have uncovered a colossal structure in the early Universe. This galaxy proto-supercluster — which they nickname Hyperion — was unveiled by new measurements and a complex examination of archive data. This is the largest and most massive structure yet found at such a remote time and distance — merely 2 billion years after the Big Bang. This visualization shows Hyperion and is based on real data.
Credit:
ESO/L. Calçada & Olga Cucciati et al.
About the Image
| Id: | eso1833a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 17 October 2018, 17:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1833 |
| Size: | 6000 x 3375 px |
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