Donnerstag, 2. Februar 2012

Scientists See “Sloshing” Galaxy Cluster

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

A Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientist is part of a team that has
recently discovered that vast clouds of hot gas are “sloshing” in Abell
2052, a galaxy cluster located about 480 million light years from Earth.
The scientists are studying the hot (30 million degree) gas using X-ray
data from NASA’s Chandra
X-ray Observatory and optical data from the Very
Large Telescope to see the galaxies.


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