May 2014, 21th: dissected
We now know the individual cluster membership of every galaxy in the cluster line of sight, enormly boosting our knownledge on galaxy cluster properties
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The papers: A&A 526, A11 (arXiv), and ApJ, in press (arXiv)
INAF press release, Carnegie Observatories press release, Il sussidiario, also distributed by phys.org
INAF press release, Carnegie Observatories press release, Il sussidiario, also distributed by phys.org
Dec 2010, 14th: confirmation
JKCS041 has a fully formed red sequence, in spite the age of the Universe is 3 Gyr only at the cluster redshift.
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The paper:A&A 526, A11 (arXiv)
INAF press release (PDF), news, press-release tool-kit (in Italien), A&A highlight, Rainews24 (TV interview), see also here. It was featured (among many) by : Le Scienze (Italian version of Scientific American), Le stelle (march issue), Oggiscienza , Il sussidiario, La scienza in rete ... INAF Xmas video, Science Olympiad Student Center , "Un anno stellare" by INAF, Una stella per amica, ... and inspired this song also available here
Oct 2009, 22th: discovery
