European Southern Observatory (ESO) | Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies (ESOcast Light 259) @ESOobservatory | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 2 hours ago
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.

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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.
Music: Stellardrone — Fermi Paradox.
Footage and photos: ESO, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com), ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org).
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.

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