Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies (ESOcast Light 259)
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English - March 29, 2023 15:00 - 62.8 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Using ALMA, astronomers have detected a large reservoir of hot gas in the still-forming galaxy cluster around the Spiderweb galaxy –– the most distant detection of such hot gas yet. This further reveals just how early these structures begin to form.