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ScienceDaily: Galaxies News

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News


Colossal hot cloud envelopes colliding galaxies

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Scientists have completed a detailed study of an enormous cloud of hot gas enveloping two large, colliding galaxies. This unusually large reservoir of gas contains as much mass as 10 billion Suns, spans about 300,000 light years, and radiates at a temperature of more than 7 million degrees.

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