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A new image-processing technique called “X-arithmetic” is allowing astronomers to analyze Chandra’s X-ray data and identify features in the gas of galaxy clusters and groups like never before. By comparing the outcome from the X-arithmetic technique to computer simulations, researchers can classify some of the largest structures in the universe by their nature rather than just their appearance. The researchers applied this technique to 15 galaxy clusters and groups, and this collection shows the central regions of five galaxy clusters in the sample: Abell 2052, Cygnus A, MS 0735+7421, the Perseus Cluster, and M87 in the Virgo Cluster.

Painting Galaxy Clusters by Numbers (and Physics)

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Chicago/H. McCall Galaxy clusters are the most....

A new image-processing technique called “X-arithmetic” is allowing astronomers to analyze Chandra’s X-ray data and identify features in the gas of galaxy clusters and groups like never before. By comparing the outcome from the X-arithmetic technique to computer simulations, researchers can classify some of the largest structures in the universe by their nature rather than just their appearance. The researchers applied this technique to 15 galaxy clusters and groups, and this collection shows the central regions of five galaxy clusters in the sample: Abell 2052, Cygnus A, MS 0735+7421, the Perseus Cluster, and M87 in the Virgo Cluster.

Painting Galaxy Clusters by Numbers (and Physics)

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Chicago/H. McCall Galaxy clusters are the most....

Wait, Did Palantir Just Make a Joke About Its CEO Doing Cocaine?

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Wait, Did Palantir Just Make a Joke About Its CEO Doing Cocaine?

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