A fortuitous observation by Japan's Hitomi probe shows the calm centre of the Perseus cluster.
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The Hitomi collaboration. Nature http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature18627 (2016).
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Witze, A. Dead X-ray satellite reveals galaxy cluster surprise. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20212
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20212