JAKARTA – Researchers found a mysterious large cloud that is estimated to be larger than the Milky Way Galaxy. This discovery was made by a team of researchers from the University of Alabama Huntsville, United States.
It is estimated that this large cloud has hot gas with a temperature of about 10 thousand to 10 million degrees Kelvin, with a total mass of 10 billion more than the sun.
The cloud was found in a galaxy cluster named Leo Cluster A1367. The Leo Cluster A1367 galaxy is known to have 70 galaxies within it and is 300 million light years from Earth.
The mysterious cloud was discovered through the European Space Agency’s X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission telescope. The cloud has also been monitored by the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope and the Japanese optical telescope Subaru.
“This is an exciting and surprising discovery. It shows new surprises that always exist in astronomy, the oldest natural science. The European Space Agency agreed with our findings so they were selected in the form of photographs,” said Dr. Ming Sun, one of the people involved in this research, was quoted from Scitech Daily.
In addition, the cloud also has an orbital speed that is faster than Earth, which is 50 times faster. Researchers found that the temperature in the cloud is quite consistent and comes from the parent galaxy. Despite its large size and mass, it is still being worked out how these clouds can survive for hundreds of millions of years without disappearing from their parent galaxy.
Moreover, given the speed of rotation, the cloud can damage the parent galaxy. However, the researchers revealed that the mysterious cloud is not known to be related to other galaxies there or to other planets.
“It’s like when your hair and clothes fly in opposite directions when you run against a very strong wind. When it disappears from the parent galaxy, the initial temperature there cools and evaporates while in the intra-cluster parent, like ice melts in summer. hot,” explains Dr. Ming.
Researchers estimate, it may be related to the magnetic field in the cloud. To find out more, researchers will continue to research related to the mysterious cloud. Because the discovery will certainly help future researchers dealing with the effects of turbulence and heat conduction from other galaxies.
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