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Stories about: Coma Cluster

Hubble Sees Majestic Spiral Galaxy NGC 4911 In one of the latest observations sessions conducted using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers managed to produce an amazingly-sharp view of the massive spiral galaxy NGC 4911. As seen in this image, the object looks impressive indeed. The formation is located about 320 million light-years away from Earth, inside... 6 October 2011 16:01 GMT Coma Cluster May Contain a Lot of Dark Matter In a recent series of studies, astrophysicists decided to test the theory of “hidden matter” yet again, this time against a more well-known cosmic structure. They looked at the Coma cluster of galaxies, and determined that there simply isn't enough mass in it to account for its gravitational pull. ... 3 February 2011 02:43 GMT Hubble Pictures the Coma Cluster The Coma Cluster, or Abell 1656, is a spherical galactic cluster about 20 million light years across located at about 300 million light years towards the north pole of the Milky Way, meaning it is relatively easy to view from Earth since the dust and gas plane of the galaxy doesn't interfere. The cluster contain... 10 June 2008 11:21 GMT