This Distant Galaxy Cluster is Totally Relaxed, Unharassed for a Billion Years
This is the most distant 'relaxed' galaxy cluster ever found. It hasn't experienced a merger for at least the last one billion years.
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This is the most distant 'relaxed' galaxy cluster ever found. It hasn't experienced a merger for at least the last one billion years.
Astronomers used Chandra to find this distant and unusually young galaxy cluster
A young galaxy cluster spotted by the Chandra X-ray Observatory may have gotten a head start on "relaxing" before is galactic siblings.
Seen by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, this peaceful galaxy cluster existed when the universe was just 5.8 billion years old and brimming with chaos.
The discovery of the most distant galaxy cluster with a specific important trait as described in our press release is providing insight into how these gigantic structures formed and why the universe looks like it does in the present day.