Hubble allowed scientists to see a far-off event happening billions of light-years away. The space telescope showed the merger of two clusters of galaxies.
What is known
Astronomers thanks to Hubble saw a massive cluster of galaxies eMACS J1353.7 + 4329. This process takes place in the constellation Canes Venatici, at a distance of 8 billion light years from our planet.
The birthing monster consists of at least two elliptical clusters of galaxies. Each galaxy in the processed image has a luminous aura around the nucleus. The brightest galaxy of the set has a quartet of diffraction bests that catch the eye first.
It is important to note that eMACS J1353.7+4329 acts as a gravitational lens, bending the space-time structure. Light from objects that are behind is magnified, allowing scientists to take a closer look at earlier galaxies.
Information obtained from Hubble is the basis of research using the more modern James Webb Space Telescope. eMACS J1353.7+4329 was observed as part of the Monsters in the Making initiative, which targets five exceptional galaxy clusters.
Source: space
