"Pretty much every galaxy at that distance is an unresolved dot... it's kind of a matter of luck to get a galaxy that's lensed in just the right way to stretch it out and get that much detail - it's a pretty nice find," the study's lead author Brett Salmon told BBC News.
Date: Jan 16, 2018
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
NASA Photo From Hubble Reveals Largest Galaxy Cluster Ever Discovered
This Hubble Space Telescope picture shows the farthest galaxy yet in an image that has been stretched and amplified using a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. The galaxy is named SPT0615-JD. NASA/ESA/STScI/Brett Salmon
Date: Jan 16, 2018
Category: Science
Source: Google
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Brett Salmon
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Texas A&M University
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Texas A&M University - Astrophysics, Rutgers – New Brunswick - Astrophysics
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