Hear a massive galaxy cluster sing its spooky tune, courtesy of Hubble and System Sounds. Some 4 billion light-years away from Earth, a massive…
Hear a massive galaxy cluster sing its spooky tune, courtesy of Hubble and System Sounds.
Some 4 billion light-years away from Earth, a massive galaxy cluster is sprawling in the vastness of space, stretching the spiral arms of its many elliptical structures like glowing tentacles in the cosmic night.
All in all, RELICS has spied on a total of 41 giant galaxy clusters over the course of 390 Hubble orbits in a bid to find the brightest distant galaxies. This particular galaxy cluster, which is nestled in the Andromeda constellation, was photographed by Hubble on August 13,2018 — making headlines at the time as a “galactic treasure chest.”
The distant cluster is home to thousands of galaxies, all huddled together through gravitational attraction, details the Hubble Space Telescope website. Each of these galaxies – which appear as mere specks of light in the captivating snapshot – fosters countless stars, a few of which can be seen shining brightly in the foreground of the photo. Those particular stars are located a little closer to our home world, while the bulk of the cluster is visible at the very center of the Hubble image.
