<img src="https://cdn.eso.org/videos/news/eso2304a.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><img src="https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/thumb/eso2304a.jpg" border="0" align="left" />Using 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.

Using 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.

Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies (ESOcast Light 259)

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Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies (ESOcast Light 259)

Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies (ESOcast Light 259)