Cool Cosmic Blob

08-01-2006, 01:43 PM

Scientists: Cosmic blob biggest thing in universe

(SPACE.com) -- An enormous amoeba-like structure 200 million light-years wide and made up of galaxies and large bubbles of gas is the largest known object in the universe, scientists say.

(from different sites)

FIGURE: Section of the SSA22 field. The narrow band image is in the green band while the V image is in the red and blue bands so that Lyman alpha emitters appear as green objects. There are two emitters in this small region of the field.

08-01-2006, 01:43 PM	#1
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Cool Cosmic Blob Scientists: Cosmic blob biggest thing in universe (SPACE.com) -- An enormous amoeba-like structure 200 million light-years wide and made up of galaxies and large bubbles of gas is the largest known object in the universe, scientists say. (from different sites) FIGURE: Section of the SSA22 field. The narrow band image is in the green band while the V image is in the red and blue bands so that Lyman alpha emitters appear as green objects. There are two emitters in this small region of the field.

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