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Scientists at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Mexico, have discovered lithium in the oldest and coldest brown dwarf where the existence of this prized element has been proven so far.
Ancient galaxy clusters have been described as “the dark skeletons of the cosmos.” Astronomers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have found the most densely populated galaxy cluster in formation in the primitive universe. The researchers predict that this structure, among the largest astronomical objects in the Universe, which is at a distance of 12.5 billion light years from us, will have evolved becoming a cluster similar to the 1,300 galaxies of the Virgo Cluster, a neighbor of the Local Group of galaxies to which harbors our home galaxy, the Milky Way. The Dark Ske...
E-Mail IMAGE: Image of the studied galaxy cluster in formation, 12.5 billion light years from us. The circles indicate the new members discovered with the GTC, 4 of them are shown in... view more Credit: Credit: NASA/ESA/GOODS-N+3DHST+CANDELS Team/Daniel López/IAC A study, led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and carried out with OSIRIS, an instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), has found the most densely populated galaxy cluster in formation in the primitive universe. The researchers predict that this structure, which is at a distance ...