A team of U.S. National Science Foundation grantee astronomers and astrophysicists based at the University of Rochester, a NYSERNet member tested the internal workings of heat conduction in galaxy clusters — heaps of galaxies held together by gravity. The matter in galaxy clusters is mostly thin ionized gas (plasma) with magnetic fields in a turbulent state. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3zerJFh @nysernet @rochesteru @NSF_NSB
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Astronomers find hot, turbulent plasma at the center of galaxy clusters.
Credit: Giannandrea Inchingolo