Sloshing in the Universe’s Biggest Bathtub
The centers of galaxy clusters are energetic and exciting places. Today’s paper explores why Abell 2495 is particularly exciting – it’s sloshing around!
The centers of galaxy clusters are energetic and exciting places. Today’s paper explores why Abell 2495 is particularly exciting – it’s sloshing around!
How have magnetic fields in galaxy clusters evolved throughout cosmic history, and what can these fields tell us about magnetism in the early Universe? Thanks to a few tricks from radio astronomy, today’s authors have some answers.
Galaxies in the middle of clusters are usually huge, elliptical galaxies. So what is this spiral-shaped imposter doing here?
A machine learning approach to characterise the multi-component thermal emission from the intracluster medium.
That’s quite a sonic boom, particularly given that the speed of sound in the hot plasma is around 2 million miles per hour!
The undergraduate research series has been revived! This month’s post features research on neutrinos from failed supernovae and compact-object mergers, as well as research on magnetic fields in the intracluster medium.