News tagged with cluster
Suzaku shows clearest picture yet of Perseus Galaxy Cluster
(PhysOrg.com) -- X-ray observations made by the Suzaku observatory provide the clearest picture to date of the size, mass and chemical content of a nearby cluster of galaxies. The study also provides the first ...
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Image: Einstein's theory fights off challengers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two new studies have put Einstein's General Theory of Relativity to the test like never before, using observations of galaxy clusters to study the properties of gravity on cosmic scales.
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Enriching the intracluster medium
(PhysOrg.com) -- Galaxies are sometimes found in large clusters with many hundreds of members. Typically there is a giant elliptical galaxy near the center; most of these ellipticals are very bright emitters ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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The most distant mature galaxy cluster
Astronomers have used an armada of telescopes on the ground and in space, including the Very Large Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile to discover and measure the distance to the most remote mature ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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New look at Messier 82 reveals superwind source, young star clusters
Messier 82′s galactic windstorms emanate from many young star clusters, rather than any single source, say astronomers who released this new image today.
Mar 08, 2011 |
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The warped ways of cosmic light
Albert Einstein predicted them, modern giant telescopes detected them – and Klaus Dolag simulates them on a computer: gravitational lenses. The academic staff member at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics ...
Mar 02, 2011 |
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Researchers discover a new class of magic atomic clusters called superhalogens
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers has discovered a new class of magnetic superhalogens – a class of atomic clusters able to exhibit unusual stability at a specific size and composition, ...
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Discovery of jumping gene cluster tangles tree of life
Since the days of Darwin, the "tree of life" has been the preeminent metaphor for the process of evolution, reflecting the gradual branching and changing of individual species.
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Planck Surveyor: 15,000 New Celestial Objects
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of the "Planck" satellite mission present first results in a conference in Paris.
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Image: The Early Cosmos
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stars are forming in Henize 2-10, a dwarf starburst galaxy located about 30 million light years from Earth, at a prodigious rate, giving the star clusters in this galaxy their blue appearance.
Jan 24, 2011 |
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The two-faced whirlpool galaxy
(PhysOrg.com) -- These images by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show off two dramatically different face-on views of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy.
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Astronomers identify most distant galaxy cluster
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have uncovered a burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe. This ancient collection of galaxies presumably grew into a modern galaxy cluster ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Cosmic magnifying lenses distort view of distant galaxies
Looking deep into space, and literally peering back in time, is like experiencing the universe in a house of mirrors where everything is distorted through a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. Gravitational ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Planck unveils wonders of the Universe (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first scientific results from ESA’s Planck mission were released at a press briefing today in Paris. The findings focus on the coldest objects in the Universe, from within our Galaxy ...
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Hubble zooms in on a space oddity
A strange, glowing green cloud of gas that has mystified astronomers since its discovery in 2007 has been studied by Hubble. The cloud of gas is lit up by the bright light of a nearby quasar, and shows signs ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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