Hot Gas in Moving Galaxy Clusters (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hot Gas in Moving Galaxy Clusters

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Hot gas in moving galaxy clusters (white spots) shifts the temperature of cosmic microwaves. Hundreds of distant clusters seem to be moving toward one patch of sky (purple ellipse).

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NASA/WMAP/A. Kashlinsky et al.

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