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ALMA Detects Superheated Intracluster Gas in Distant Galaxy Protocluster

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Jan 8, 2026 - 17:00
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ALMA Detects Superheated Intracluster Gas in Distant Galaxy Protocluster
An artist’s impression of the forming galaxy cluster SPT2349-56: radio jets from active galaxies embedded in a hot intracluster atmosphere (red), illustrating a large thermal reservoir of gas in the nascent cluster. Image credit: Lingxiao Yuan.

New observations of the young cluster SPT2349-56 with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have revealed unexpectedly scorching intracluster gas just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, challenging current models of galaxy cluster evolution.

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