"Cold Front Discovered in Massive Galaxy Cluster"

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"Cold Front Discovered in Massive Galaxy Cluster"
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Astronomers from India and South Africa have detected sloshing cold fronts in the intracluster medium of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 2566 using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory. The findings, published on arXiv, reveal unusual spiral-shaped gas sloshing and cold fronts, likely caused by a minor merger and displacement of the cluster's gravitational potential well.

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