MACS J0416.1-240 Galaxy Cluster (IMAGE)

University of Turku

MACS J0416.1-240 Galaxy Cluster

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MACS J0416.1-240 is a cluster of galaxies located four billion light years away. A new study based on observations with the Hubble Space Telescope has shown that the most massive galaxies in the universe, which are found in clusters like this, have been aligned with the distribution of neighboring galaxies for at least 10 billion years.

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ESA/Hubble, NASA, HST Frontier Fields

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