Scientists in Chile Unveil ‘A Cosmic Titan’ Cluster of Galaxies

Scientists in Chile Unveil ‘A Cosmic Titan’ Cluster of Galaxies
A "proto-supercluster" of galaxies nicknamed Hyperion, after a titan from Greek mythology, as seen using the VIMOS instrument of ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Reuters/ESO/L. Calcada & Olga Cucciati et al/Handout
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Astronomers peering billions of light years into space have detected the largest, most extensive collection of galaxies ever registered in the early days of the universe, a “proto-supercluster” they nicknamed Hyperion after a titan from Greek mythology.

Hyperion has a mass 1 million billion times greater than the sun and is so distant that it is viewed from earth as it looked billions of years ago.