An international research team led by Ronald Laishram from Manipur has discovered a galaxy structure dating back 12.6 billion years

An international research team led by Ronald Laishram from Manipur has discovered a galaxy structure dating back 12.6 billion years

¨     An international research team led by Ronald Laishram from Manipur has discovered a galaxy structure dating back 12.6 billion years.

¨     The structure has been named the “Loktak Protocluster” after Loktak Lake in Manipur.

¨     It existed when the universe was only about 1.2 billion years old.

¨     A protocluster is an early stage group of galaxies that later evolves into a galaxy cluster.

¨     Galaxy clusters are among the largest gravitationally bound structures in the universe and can contain hundreds or thousands of galaxies.

¨     The Loktak Protocluster consists of four interconnected galaxy groups.

¨     The structure has been compared to floating interconnected biomass formations found in Loktak Lake.

¨     Researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan also contributed to the study.

¨     Observations from the Subaru Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope were used in the discovery.

¨     The age of the universe is estimated to be about 13.8 billion years.

¨     This discovery provides important insights into galaxy formation in the early universe.

¨     Galaxies in dense environments evolve differently compared to those in less dense regions.

¨     Key factors influencing galaxy evolution include gravity, gas supply, and interactions with nearby galaxies.