From Galactic Pile-ups, Stars Are Born: A Crash Course In Clusters
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 22:20
in Astronomy & Space
An artist's impression of a galactic protocluster forming in the early universe. Credit: European Southern Observatory, CC BYBy Nick Seymour, Curtin UniversityClusters of galaxies have back-stories worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster: their existences are marked by violence, death and birth, arising after extragalactic pile-ups where groups of galaxies crashed into each other. read more