Waspie_Dwarf Posted November 17, 2018 #1 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Abell 1033: To Boldly Go into Colliding Galaxy Clusters Quote Hidden in a distant galaxy cluster collision are wisps of gas resembling the starship Enterprise — an iconic spaceship from the "Star Trek" franchise. Galaxy clusters — cosmic structures containing hundreds or even thousands of galaxies — are the largest objects in the Universe held together by gravity. Multi-million-degree gas fills the space in between the individual galaxies. The mass of the hot gas is about six times greater than that of all the galaxies combined. This superheated gas is invisible to optical telescopes, but shines brightly in X-rays, so an X-ray telescope like NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is required to study it. Read More: NASA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted November 17, 2018 #2 Share Posted November 17, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted November 17, 2018 #3 Share Posted November 17, 2018 (edited) LOL, that picture does look like the afterimage of a starship fight. Edited November 17, 2018 by Seti42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin Posted November 17, 2018 #4 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Klingons & Federation caught in the act of cloaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Allende Posted November 18, 2018 #5 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Probably one of them baloney Season 3 episodes: the Enterprise chasing a giant mischievous space-rabbit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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