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Cosmic Vine

Santhosh Kumar 23/11/2023

Cosmic Vine mind map
The "Cosmic Vine" Discovery
Spans more than 13 million light-years
Approximately 650,000 light-years wide
Detected in Extended Groth Strip
Redshift of roughly 3.44
Galactic Clusters and Cosmic Mysteries
Evolving into a galaxy cluster
Estimated mass of about 260 billion solar masses
Galactic Collisions and Star Formation Quenching
Recent galactic mergers triggered intense star formation
Depletion of available gas for star formation
Unusual discovery prompts questions about universe

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