20-Million-Light-Year-Wide Cloud of Energetic Particles Spotted around Distant Galaxy Cluster

Jun 11, 2025 - 09:30
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20-Million-Light-Year-Wide Cloud of Energetic Particles Spotted around Distant Galaxy Cluster
This new composite image made with X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue and purple), radio data from the MeerKAT radio telescope (orange and yellow), and an optical image from PanSTARRS (red, green, and blue) shows the massive galaxy cluster PLCK G287.0+32.9. Image credit: NASA / CXC / CfA / Rajpurohit et al. / PanSTARRS / SARAO / MeerKAT / SAO / N. Wolk.

Astronomers have discovered the largest known cloud of energetic particles surrounding a galaxy cluster -- the 20-million-light-year-wide cloud around the galaxy cluster PLCK G287.0+32.9.

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