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Record-breaking galaxy cluster found

ABC Science - Wed 15 Aug 12

MOST MASSIVE: One of the largest structures in the universe, has been discovered about 5.7 billion light years from Earth.

A Galaxy Cluster With a High Birth Rate

Science Now - Wed 15 Aug 12

Cosmic behemoth creates 750 stars a year

Phoenix cluster sets record pace at forming stars

Phys.org - Wed 15 Aug 12

(Phys.org) -- Astronomers have found an extraordinary galaxy cluster -- one of the largest objects in the Universe -- that is breaking several important cosmic records. Observations of this ...

Phoenix Cluster Sets Record Pace at Forming Stars, Science @ NASA - Wed 15 Aug 12
Phoenix cluster sets record pace at forming stars, Labspaces.net - Thu 16 Aug 12
Phoenix Cluster Sets Record Pace at Forming Stars, Newswise - Wed 15 Aug 12
Phoenix cluster sets record pace at forming stars, ScienceDaily - Wed 15 Aug 12
Phoenix cluster sets record pace at forming stars, Eurekalert - Wed 15 Aug 12

Galaxy cluster 'starburst' shocks

BBC News - Wed 15 Aug 12

Astronomers fill in a hole in the theory of galaxy clusters by spotting one that is producing hundreds of new stars each year.

Astrophile: Galactic busy-bee solves star conundrum

Newscientist - Wed 15 Aug 12

A star factory more productive than any other has been found – but will a black hole stifle its much-needed work ethic?

Record-Breaking Galaxy Cluster May Be Most Massive Ever

Livescience - Sun 19 Aug 12

A distant galaxy cluster is smashing records left and right.

Record-Breaking Galaxy Cluster May Be Most Massive Ever, SPACE.com - Wed 15 Aug 12

Unexpected burst of star formation re-ignites the Phoenix Cluster

Ars Technica - Fri 17 Aug 12

Infall of matter onto central galaxy drives an atypical burst of star formation.

Astronomers vindicated by frenetic Phoenix Cluster star formation

TG Daily - Thu 16 Aug 12



Evidence for what astronomers suspect happens at the cores of the largest galaxy clusters is somewhat scarce. read more

Giant galaxy cluster spawning stars at record rate

Guardian.co.uk - Thu 16 Aug 12

Phoenix galaxy cluster, one of the largest structures in the universe, creates a massive 740 stars a yearA massive galaxy cluster, one of the largest structures in the universe, has been discovered ...

Newly-discovered 'Phoenix' galaxy produces 740 new stars a year

Daily Mail - Thu 16 Aug 12

Astronomers used Nasa's Chandra X-Ray telescope to spot this distant gigantic galaxy creating more stars in a day than the Milky Way produces in a year.

Star births seen on cosmic scale in distant galaxy

USA today - Thu 16 Aug 12

Scientists have located a galaxy that gives births to more stars in a day than ours does in a year.

Artist's Impression of Phoenix Cluster Galaxy

SPACE.com - Wed 15 Aug 12

Artist's impression of galaxy at center of Phoenix Cluster.

Astronomers find record-breaking galaxy cluster

Reuters - Wed 15 Aug 12

(Reuters) - A massive so-called galaxy cluster, one of the largest structures in the universe, has been discovered about 5.7 billion light years from Earth and credited with setting several ...

Phoenix Cluster of galaxies may be largest object in universe

Dvice - Wed 15 Aug 12

To say that the newly discovered Phoenix Cluster of galaxies is "big" would be an understatement. In its entirety, the Phoenix Cluster is estimated to weigh twenty-five hundred thousand million ...

Galaxy Cluster Stuns Scientists—Supermassive and Spewing Out Stars

National Geographic - Wed 15 Aug 12

Supermassive and forging stars at unheard-of rates, a newfound galaxy cluster could be one-of-a kind—or evidence of a rarely visible phase.

Massive Phoenix cluster forms stars at a record pace

TG Daily - Wed 15 Aug 12



Astronomers have identified an "extraordinary" galaxy cluster which scientists describe as one of largest objects in the universe.

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Multiple births on cosmic scale in distant galaxy

AP - Wed 15 Aug 12

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have found a cosmic supermom. It's a galaxy that gives births to more stars in a day than ours does in a year....

Astronomers reassured by record-breaking star formation in huge galaxy cluster

Eurekalert - Wed 15 Aug 12

Astronomers found new evidence evidence for extreme star formation, more extensive than any seen before in the core of a giant galaxy cluster.

Giant Galaxy Cluster Sets Record Pace for Star Creation

Newswise - Wed 15 Aug 12

The discovery of a giant galaxy cluster made with the National Science Foundation's South Pole Telescope may force astronomers to rethink how these colossal structures, and the galaxies that ...

Giant galaxy cluster sets record pace for star creation, e! Science News - Wed 15 Aug 12
Giant galaxy cluster sets record pace for star creation, Eurekalert - Wed 15 Aug 12

NSF's South Pole Telescope discovers a galaxy cluster creating stars at a record pace

Eurekalert - Wed 15 Aug 12

A National Science Foundation-funded radio telescope in Antarctica has found an extraordinary galaxy cluster that may force astronomers to rethink how galaxy clusters and the galaxies that inhabit ...

Record-Breaking Galaxy Cluster Discovered

Newswise - Wed 15 Aug 12

Michael McDonald, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT, and Bradford Benson, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, discuss today's announcement ...

Record-breaking galaxy cluster discovered, Eurekalert - Wed 15 Aug 12