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- ↑ Grech, Aaron (September 22, 2015), "UCR researchers discover galaxy cluster", The Highlander
- ↑ de Lazaro, Enrico (February 10, 2022), "Two protoclusters of galaxies spotted in early universe", Sci News
- ↑ Hamill, Jasper (February 5, 2020), "A weird ancient 'monster galaxy' died mysteriously and no-one knows why", Metro
- ↑ "Fellows nominated in 2021 by the Division of Astrophysics", APS Fellows archive, retrieved 2022-07-02
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