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In a groundbreaking discovery, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other advanced telescopes have captured an extraordinary cosmic event: two massive galaxy clusters, PSZ2 G181.06+48.47, are not only ...

Astronomers have identified clear evidence of a recent merger between two supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the galaxy NGC 4486B. This rare cosmic event, detailed in a new study published in The ...

Roughly 2.8 billion light-years from Earth, two galaxy clusters are engaged in a cosmic tussle. These enormous structures last collided about a billion years ago, but now, it appears they’re going ...

New observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have captured a rare cosmic event: Two galaxy clusters have collided and are now poised to head back for another swipe at ...

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Astronomers have spotted the most distant and brightest "space laser" ever seen, blasting out from a distant galaxy collision ...

The galaxy cluster PLCKG 287.0+32.9, located 5 billion light-years away, exhibits an exceptionally violent collision of three subclusters, characterized by extensive turbulence and shock waves.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Astronomers taking inventory of the material in the local universe keep coming up short. A new result from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory about ...

Celebrate the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a galaxy cluster seen in this new image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes. Astronomers discovered this galaxy cluster ...