One of the objects is a ‘fossil’ radio source – a leftover from the death of a supermassive black hole that once shot out huge jets of plasma.
Articles on Galaxy cluster
Displaying all articles
Will we have to rewrite Einstein’s theory of gravity? The DESI experiment could find out.
Maps of the long filaments of gas that hold the universe together may one day help us trace and unveil ‘dark matter’.
If we want an improved theory of particle physics, understanding neutrino masses is key.
Astronomers have suspected them for ages –now a team as finally spotted a ‘fountain’ in a galaxy far, far away.
Einstein’s famous theory of general relativity theory lives on thanks to new research.
The find by citizen scientists of at least 40 galaxies in a cluster more than a billion light years away is the astronomical equivalent of finding a needle in a haystack.
Top contributors
-
Research Fellow in Cosmology, University of Portsmouth
-
Postdoctoral Researcher of Astrophysics, University of Bath
-
Honorary Fellow, Space and Astronomy, CSIRO; Western Sydney University
-
Senior research fellow, The University of Western Australia
-
Professor of Astrophysics and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), University of Portsmouth
-
Research Assistant in Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, UCL
-
Junior Professor of Radio Astronomy, Ruhr University Bochum
-
Professor of Astronomy, Liverpool John Moores University
-
CSIRO