Science news articles about 'distant galaxy clusters'

A space telescope has spotted a strange, distant galaxy cluster whose heart is surprisingly cold.

... ), scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. The cause, they suggest, is the gravitational attraction ... a more accurate accounting of how the million-degree gas in these galaxy clusters is distributed," says Atrio-Barandela. "We're ...

... ), scientists have identified an unexpected motion in distant galaxy clusters. The cause, they suggest, is the gravitational attraction of matter that lies beyond the observable universe ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - X-ray measurements of distant galaxy clusters confirm theories that dark energy is forcing the universe to expand infinitely, scientists said on Tuesday.

... Survey, "SpARCS" detects galaxy clusters using deep ground-based optical observations from the CTIO ... 4.8 billion years old, this is also one of the most distant clusters ever discovered. Many similar- ...

... enough to make galaxy clusters much earlier." Distant galaxy clusters are often detected ... possible, with the detection of just one extremely distant galaxy cluster, to test cosmological models, but searches ...

Peer at the universe's most distant galaxy cluster, witness a Puerto Rican explosion as seen from space, gaze at new artful pictures of Mars, and more in the week's best space pictures.

Distant galaxy clusters mysteriously stream at a million miles per hour along a path ... , is so small that it has never been observed in a single galaxy cluster. But in 2000, Kashlinsky, working with Fernando ...

Distant galaxy clusters mysteriously stream at a million miles per hour along a path roughly centred ...

... of astronomers from Germany and Japan has discovered the most distant cluster of galaxies known so far -- 9 ... -ray and infrared observations showed that the cluster hosts predominantly old, massive galaxies, demonstrating ...

... -building period. Now that they have pinpointed the epoch when galaxy clusters are making the last of their stars, astronomers ... adds. "We will also start looking at several more distant galaxy clusters to see if we find similar behavior ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. astronomers say they've discovered the biggest galaxy cluster ever seen, a massive grouping of hundreds of galaxies 7 billion light-years from Earth.

... that has uncovered a burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe. This ... helped to identify member galaxies of this cluster and measure their distances and velocities ...

Cosmic microwave background shows distant galaxy clusters and star-forming regions.

... also brings to light large numbers of fainter and more distant galaxies, seen as smudges in the background of this image ... Universe. The telescope will discover distant galaxy clusters and high-redshift quasars that will help astronomers ...