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cluster of galaxies

Gravitationally bound grouping of galaxies, numbering from the hundreds to the tens of thousands. Large clusters of galaxies often exhibit extensive X-ray emission from intergalactic gas heated to tens of millions of degrees. Also, interactions of galaxies with each other and with the intracluster gas may deplete galaxies of their own interstellar gas. The Milky Way Galaxy belongs to the Local Group, which lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster.

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No references found			This amazing cluster of galaxies is a mindboggling 10 BILLION light years away. THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE; More than 10 BILLION light years away.. ... by The Mirror (London, England) NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope sees NGC 1275, the core member of the Perseus cluster of galaxies, as a source of high-energy gamma rays, but the earlier Compton mission did not. Gamma rays show black hole drives oppositely directed particle jets by Asian News International An orbiting observatory has spotted a massive cluster of galaxies in deep space that can only be explained by the exotic phenomenon known as dark energy, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday. Monster galactic cluster seen in deep Universe: European agency by AFP / AFP Global Edition			clupeine Clupeonella Clupoidea cluricaune Clurman, Harold cluse clusec Cluseret, Gustave Paul Clusiidae Clusium Clusius column Clusius, Carolus cluster Cluster 86 cluster aggregation cluster analysis cluster bean cluster cepheids cluster controller cluster development cluster expansion cluster gene cluster headache cluster housing cluster mill cluster of galaxies cluster point cluster radioactivity cluster sampling cluster variables clustered column clustered file clustered pier clustergeeking clustering clustering algorithm clusterite CLUT Clutch clutch point Clutha Clutha River clutter clutter gating Clutterbuck, Cuthbert Cluytens, Andre Cluytens, André CLV Clwyd CLX Cly, Roger			Cluster Investigation Cluster Ion Spectrometer Cluster Ion Spectrometry experiment Cluster Lensing and Supernova Survey with Hubble Cluster Local Area Network Cluster Management Software Cluster manager Cluster Maritime Français cluster mill Cluster munition Cluster munitions Cluster munitions Cluster Number Cluster of Affected Sibling Test Cluster of differentiation Cluster of Differentiation 1 Cluster of Differentiation 13 Cluster of Differentiation 15 Cluster of Differentiation 21 Cluster of Differentiation 38 cluster of differentiation 4 Cluster of Differentiation 40 Cluster of Differentiation 44 cluster of differentiation 8 cluster of differentiation 8 Cluster of Differentiation Antigen 14 cluster of galaxies Cluster of Grapes Appearance Cluster of Grapes Sign Cluster of Infrared Complementary Lasers in Europe Cluster of Orthologous Groups Cluster of Workstations Cluster on Innovation Projects cluster pine cluster pines cluster point cluster poison cluster poison cluster poison cluster poison Cluster Processor Module cluster radioactivity Cluster Reconfiguration Notification Protocol Cluster Resource Group Cluster Resource Group Manager Cluster respirations Cluster sampling Cluster sampling Cluster sampling Cluster sampling Cluster Science Data System Cluster Secure Shell Cluster server cluster suicides Cluster System Management cluster together Cluster Tool Modular Communications

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