Saturday, July 28, 2012

FOR KIDS: An invisible cosmic bridge

Astronomers find strange stuff in the space between two clusters of galaxies

Web edition : Friday, July 27th, 2012

Abell 222 is a giant group of galaxies in deep space. So is Abell 223 ? one of Abell 222?s nearest neighbors. Each galaxy in each group is home to a massive number of stars, which means the clusters are brimming with light. But if you peer through a telescope at the space between the two galaxy clusters, you won?t see anything, just a dark patch of sky. The scenery would be the same if you could ride a spaceship from one group of galaxies to the other.?

The space between the two galaxy clusters is, however, anything but empty, according to a new study by astronomers.

Visit the new?Science News for Kids?website?and read the full story:?An invisible cosmic bridge


Found in: Science News For Kids

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/342505/title/FOR_KIDS_An_invisible_cosmic_bridge

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