Scientists glimpse little galactic clusters on their way to greatness

Galaxies like to group together. The Milky Way and its nearest neighbours, for example, are part of the Virgo Cluster, which has more than 1,000 member galaxies. Now, in a bit of astronomical time travel, researchers have had a peek at how the cluster’s core might have looked around 11 billion years ago¹.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03022-3

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• Astronomy and astrophysics