Uniform metallicity in the outskirts of massive, nearby galaxy clusters

An international team of researchers, most of whom have ties to KIPAC, has shown that the hot diffuse gas that fills the space between the galaxies has the same concentration of iron in all galaxy clusters that were studied in sufficient detail by the Japanese Suzaku satellite.

Science paper (arXiv)

Coverage:

• The first galaxies could really mix it up! (KIPAC)