Galaxy Cluster Zwicky

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NASA’s Chandra Observatory Discovers Crossing Streams in Galaxy Cluster Zwicky 8338

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have unveiled a remarkable phenomenon in the galaxy cluster Zwicky 8338 (Z8338). They observed two streams of superheated gas crossing paths, an event that may play a key role in the formation of new cosmic structures. Galaxy Tails: Unraveling a Chaotic Cosmic Landscape Within Z8338, researchers detected an enormous tail of hot gas stretching more than 1.6 million light-years behind a galaxy moving through the cluster. This tail formed as gas was stripped from