SPT-discovered Galaxy Cluster Creating Stars at a Record Rate

Thursday, August 16. 2012

SPT-discovered Galaxy Cluster Creating Stars at a Record Rate

The SPT team has discovered an extraordinary galaxy cluster. This massive system, known as the Phoenix Cluster, is forming stars at a spectacularly high rate -- more than 700 stars per year --- and its existence may force astronomers to rethink how galaxy clusters and the galaxies that inhabit them, evolve. Read more about this exciting new discovery here, And here's a link to an interview with SPT team members Mike McDonald and Brad Benson.

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