Abell 1689, discovered in Virgo in 2008, is the biggest and most massive galaxy cluster known with 160,000 members, the largest population yet found, but you need Hubble Space Telescope’s long ...

Stanley W. “Stan” Abell OBITUARY Stanley W. “Stan” Abell of South Windsor, CT and North Fort Myers, FL, passed away peacefully on Dec. 9th at his FL home after a lengthy illness. Stan was ...

Abell 1689: A massive galaxy cluster showcasing gravitational lensing, bending light from distant galaxies into beautiful arcs. Pandora's Cluster (Abell 2744): A chaotic merger of multiple galaxy ...

The Abell 1689 galaxy cluster, which can be observed in the direction of the Virgo constellation. Credit: INAF/VST. Acknowledgment: M. Spavone (INAF), R. Calvi (INAF) The third image reveals the Abell ...

Abell 1689 actually contains more than 200 galaxies within. Together, their colossal mass warps the space-time around them — creating a gravitational lens that distorts the light from galaxies ...

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the distribution of dark matter in the center of the giant galaxy cluster Abell 1689, containing about 1,000 galaxies and trillions of stars. Dark matter ...

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the distribution of dark matter in the center of the giant galaxy cluster Abell 1689, containing about 1,000 galaxies and trillions of stars. Dark matter ...

In the past 20 years, the ACS has been responsible for some of the most iconic images of the cosmos, including the Hubble Ultra Deep Field and Abell 1689 (with its 2-million-light-year-wide ...

Hubble Space Telescope image showing strong gravitational lensing in Abell 1689, which points to the presence of dark matter (NASA/Hubble). According to the paper’s abstract, the team reports “the ...