X-ray satellites discover the biggest collisions in the Universe

The orbiting X-ray telescopes XXM-Newton and Chandra have caught a pair of galaxy clusters merging into a giant cluster. The discovery adds to existing evidence that galaxy clusters can collide faster than previously thought.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMHOPNSP3F_index_0.html

Time: 18. Jul. 2007

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Topics: x-ray