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-Vast clouds of hot gas embedded with numerous galaxies.
29 Jul 24
Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies.
22 May 24
A cluster and group of galaxies that are part of a larger sample to study black hole jets.
21 Feb 24
A galaxy cluster about 3.8 billion light years from Earth where two large galaxies are colliding.
11 Jan 24
A sample of very bright and massive galaxy clusters from 3.4 to 9.9 billion light-years from Earth.
11 Jan 24
A sample of very bright and massive galaxy clusters from 3.4 to 9.9 billion light-years from Earth.
11 Jan 24
A sample of very bright and massive galaxy clusters from 3.4 to 9.9 billion light-years from Earth.
11 Jan 24
A sample of very bright and massive galaxy clusters from 3.4 to 9.9 billion light-years from Earth.
11 Jan 24
A sample of very bright and massive galaxy clusters from 3.4 to 9.9 billion light-years from Earth.
06 Nov 23
A galaxy containing the most distant black hole discovered in X-rays located about 13.2 billion light years away.
20 Jun 23
Three new translations of data into sound of R Aquarii, Stephan’s Quintet, and M104.
06 Jun 23
A group of galaxies at the edge of the Coma Cluster about 340 million light-years away.
07 Jun 22
A pair of colliding galaxy clusters located about 2.8 billion light years from Earth.
31 Mar 22
Nicknamed the "Spiderweb," a galaxy in a protocluster about 10.6 billion light years away.
02 Jul 21
(MCXC J0621.7-5242)
A cluster of galaxies located about 690 million light years from Earth.
02 Sep 20
A sample of multiwavelength images with data from Chandra and other telescopes.
27 Feb 20
A galaxy cluster located about 390 million light years from Earth.
17 Dec 19
Two colliding groups of galaxies located about 380 million light years from Earth.
24 Oct 19
A collision of four galaxy clusters located about 3 billion light years from Earth.
23 Jul 19
A collection of images including Chandra data that range in object type and distance.
25 Jun 19
(Galaxy Cluster Merger)
Two galaxy clusters located about 1.2 billion light years from Earth.
17 Dec 18
A collection of images including Chandra data that range in object type and distance.
17 Dec 18
A collection of images including Chandra data that range in object type and distance.
31 Oct 17
A system of merging galaxy clusters located about 5 billion light years from Earth.
02 May 17
Scientists have found a vast wave of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster spanning some 200,000 light years.
28 Apr 17
Astronomers used Chandra observations of 13 galaxy clusters to study the properties of dark matter.
28 Apr 17
Astronomers used Chandra observations of 13 galaxy clusters to study the properties of dark matter.
28 Apr 17
Astronomers used Chandra observations of 13 galaxy clusters to study the properties of dark matter.
28 Apr 17
Astronomers used Chandra observations of 13 galaxy clusters to study the properties of dark matter.
14 Oct 16
Six objects ranging in location from about 20,000 to nearly 3 billion light years away.
14 Oct 16
(Toothbrush Cluster)
Six objects ranging in location from about 20,000 to nearly 3 billion light years away.
30 Aug 16
(Cosmos Cluster)
A galaxy cluster located about 11.1 billion light years from Earth.
10 Mar 16
Two galaxy clusters located about 4.3 billion and 5.4 billion light years away respectively.
10 Mar 16
Two galaxy clusters located about 4.3 billion and 5.4 billion light years away respectively.
07 Jan 16
A massive galaxy cluster located about 10 billion light years from Earth.
23 Nov 15
(Cheshire Cat)
A group of galaxies nicknamed the "Cheshire Cat" about 4.6 billion light years from Earth.
08 Oct 15
Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.
08 Oct 15
Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.
30 Sep 15
A galaxy cluster nicknamed the "Phoenix Cluster" located about 5.7 billion light years from Earth.
26 Aug 15
A collision of two galaxy clusters located about 1.6 billion light years from Earth.
18 Dec 14
(XDCP J0044.0-2033)
A galaxy cluster located about 9.6 billion light years from Earth
24 Jun 14
A giant collection of galaxies immersed in hot gas about 250 million light years from Earth.
23 Jan 14
The black hole is in a galaxy cluster located about 3.9 billion light years from Earth.
08 Jan 14
A bright, long duration flare may be the first recorded event of a black hole destroying a star in a dwarf galaxy.
19 Sep 13
A collection of thousands of galaxies about 320 million light years from Earth.
18 Dec 12
A galaxy cluster about 1.3 billion light years from Earth with a large elliptical galaxy in its center.
15 Aug 12
A galaxy cluster, whose official name is SPT-CLJ2344-4243, located about 5.7 billion light years from Earth.
02 Mar 12
A collision of massive galaxy clusters located about 2.4 billion light years from Earth.
12 Jan 11
A burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe.
08 Dec 10
The central elliptical galaxy in a group located about 105 million light years from Earth.
30 Aug 10
A composite image of the northern part of Abell 1758, located about 3.2 billion light years from Earth.
21 Jan 10
A galaxy plunging into the cluster Abell 3627 about 230 million light years away.
09 Jul 09
A group of galaxies that is located about 280 million light years from Earth.
16 Apr 09
One of the most complex galaxy clusters, located about 5.4 billion light years from Earth.
30 Oct 08
A collision of two large clusters of galaxies about 3.8 billion light years away.
15 Oct 08
This composite image shows Abell 521, located about 2.9 billion light years from Earth.
27 Aug 08
A powerful collision of two galaxy clusters about 5.6 billion light years away.
20 Aug 08
The central region of a rich galaxy cluster about 250 million light years from Earth.
20 Sep 07
A giant cluster of galaxies about 220 million light years from Earth with galaxy ESO 137-001 plunging into it.
30 May 07
Evidence for an awesome upheaval in a massive galaxy cluster was discovered in a Chandra image.
02 Nov 06
A galaxy cluster located about 2.6 billion light years away in the constellation of Camelopardus.
21 Aug 06
Site of a collision between two large galaxy clusters about 3.4 billion light years from Earth.
06 Apr 06
A galaxy cluster with a central galaxy, NGC 1128, that has produced a giant double radio source known as 3C 75.
01 Dec 05
The central region of a rich galaxy cluster about 250 million light years from Earth.
08 Apr 05
Distant galaxy clusters compared with counterparts that are relatively close by.
25 Jan 05
A starburst galaxy located in galaxy cluster Abell 1367, about 300 million light years away.
02 Jan 04
A color composite image shows the X-ray light from 70-million-degree Celsius gas in the cluster.
03 Sep 03
Two galaxies in the Virgo galaxy cluster that are more than 100,000 light years apart.
01 Sep 03
A 53-hour Chandra observation of the central region of the Perseus galaxy cluster.
21 May 03
One of two massive galaxies that are enveloped by vast clouds of high-energy particles.
21 May 03
One of two massive galaxies that are enveloped by vast clouds of high-energy particles.
04 Apr 02
A cluster of galaxies about 500 million light years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices.
29 Jan 02
A cluster of galaxies about 170 million light years from Earth, located in the constellation Centaurus.
08 Jan 02
A cluster of galaxies about a billion light years from Earth, located in the constellation Aquarius.
06 Sep 01
A cluster of galaxies 4 billion light years distant in the constellation Draco.
05 Mar 01
A new Chandra image shows remarkable detail and complexity in the central region of a compact galaxy.
16 Nov 99
A large galaxy in the center of a cluster of galaxies located in the constellation Boötes.
Revised: September 19, 2024