Astronomers utilizing NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have noticed SPT-CL J2215-3537, an enormous galaxy cluster 8.4 billion light-years away that they nicknamed the “Champagne Supernova” cluster. That is probably the most distant instance but discovered of a “relaxed” cluster with no indicators of latest collisions. Its core is actively forming new stars, suggesting its central black gap is quiet sufficient to let fuel cool and stars kind. Researchers notice it’s the farthest such calm cluster ever found.
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