NASA's Chandra Observatory Identifies Impact of Cosmic Chaos on Star Birth
Submitted by chandra on Sat, 2014-10-25 23:21These two Chandra images of galaxy clusters - known as Perseus and Virgo - have provided direct evidence that turbulence is helping to prevent stars from forming. These new results could answer a long-standing question about how these galaxy clusters keep their enormous reservoirs of hot gas from cooling down to form stars, as discussed in our latest press release.