New analyses of the x-ray and gamma - ray emissions from the center of the Milky Way galaxy, the Andromeda galaxy, and
the Perseus galaxy cluster have detected significant signs of two possible dark matter particles.
A gigantic and resilient «cold front» hurtling through
the Perseus galaxy cluster has been studied using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Much to their surprise, the Heidelberg researchers identified about 90 such galaxies in the core of
the Perseus galaxy cluster.
The Heidelberg research was based on long - exposure images of
the Perseus galaxy cluster obtained in 2012 with the 4.2 metre William Herschel Telescope on the Canary Island of La Palma.
The central region of
the Perseus galaxy cluster.
An unexplained X-ray signal from the swirling
Perseus galaxy cluster could be the death rattle of an elusive particle — and hint at the nature of dark matter
The Chandra results show that a supermassive black hole in the heart of
the Perseus galaxy cluster, 250 million light - years from Earth, generates enough of a sonic wallop to do the job.
Not exact matches
Perseus Cluster A group of more than a thousand
galaxies located 250 million light - years from Earth.
The Galactic Cushion The Hubble Space Telescope recently beamed back pictures of 29 dwarf
galaxies in the
Perseus Cluster that, by all appearances, should have been torn to shreds by the gravitational tidal forces of their giant neighbors.
The
Perseus cluster is a dense collection of hundreds of large and small
galaxies located 240 million light years away.
Along with international partners, his research group is now hoping to obtain data of similar quality on the outskirts of the
Perseus cluster, where, Thorsten Lisker adds, the environmental influence would have been less strong, preserving more of the original appearance of the
galaxies.
The
galaxy lives near the center of the
Perseus cluster of over 1,000
galaxies, located 240 million light - years away.
The results suggest that the
Perseus cluster is probably not unique and that iron — along with other heavy elements — is evenly spread throughout all massive
galaxy clusters, said Steven Allen, a KIPAC associate professor and head of the research team.
In particular, the researchers looked at iron distribution throughout the
Perseus cluster, a large grouping of
galaxies about 250 million light - years away.
To settle the question of whether the heavy elements created by supernovae remain mostly in their home
galaxies or are spread out through intergalactic space, the researchers looked through the
Perseus cluster in eight different directions.
IMAGE: Artistic composition of the radio telescopes in space and on the ground observing NGC 1275, the central
galaxy of the
Perseus cluster of
galaxies at a distance of 230 million... view more
3C 83.1 B is a radio
galaxy in
Perseus, located in the
Perseus Cluster.