VLT Survey provides new insight into formation of galaxies

Spatial, three-dimensional distribution of galaxies in a slice of the Universe as it was 7 billion years ago, based on the VVDS study : brighter areas represent the regions of the Universe with most galaxies. Astonishingly, the galaxy distribution - the 'building blocks' of the large scale structure - takes the shape of a helix at this primordial epoch.

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Id:eso0645a
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Publicatiedatum:6 december 2006
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Naam:Universe
Type:Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Large-Scale Structure
Categorie:Cosmology
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