Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies | ESO

Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies | ESO

ESOcast Light 259: Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected a large reservoir of hot gas in the still-forming galaxy cluster around the Spiderweb galaxy—the most distant detection of such hot gas yet. This further reveals just how early these structures begin to form.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner.

Editing: Angelos Tsaousis

Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida

Written by: Rory Harris and Jonas Enander

Footage and photos: ESO, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, ESO/C. Malin, ESO/B. Tafreshi

Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova

Duration: 1 minute, 31 seconds

Release Date: March 29, 2023

  

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