GalaxyCluster
NASA’s Chandra Rings in New Year With Champagne Cluster
NASA’s Chandra Rings in New Year With Champagne Cluster NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has released a new image of the “Champagne Cluster,” a galaxy cluster that was discovered on New Year’s Eve, 2020. The Champagne Cluster is actually two galaxy clusters merging to form an even larger cluster, with multimillion-degree gas spreading across the cluster […]
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Rare Type of Black Hole Snacks on Star
Rare Type of Black Hole Snacks on Star NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have identified a new possible example of an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) called NGC 6099 HLX-1. The IMBH, which weighs between 100-100,000 times the mass of our Sun, is thought to reside in a compact star cluster within a […]
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Hubble Snaps Galaxy Cluster’s Portrait
Hubble Snaps Galaxy Cluster’s Portrait Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of galaxy cluster Abell 209, located 2.8 billion light-years away, showcasing over 100 galaxies and hot, diffuse gas. The image provides a unique opportunity to study dark matter, a form of matter that does not interact with light, by observing its gravitational influence […]
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