Guwahati, May 29 -- By NE NOW NEWS

Imphal: Ronaldo Laishram, a 29-year-old astrophysicist from Manipur, has led the discovery of a massive early-universe galaxy structure named the "Loktak Protocluster", bringing global scientific recognition to the state's iconic Loktak Lake.

Originally from Khangabok in Thoubal district, Ronaldo is currently serving as a post-doctoral researcher at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).

Working with an international team of researchers, he identified the giant protocluster located around 12.6 billion light-years away, dating back to a period when the universe was only about 1.2 billion years old.

The findings have been published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, one of the world'...