Cosmic Himalayas Quasar Cluster Defies Explanation (IMAGE)

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Cosmic Himalayas Quasar Cluster Defies Explanation

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The "Cosmic Himalayas": a towering cluster of energetic quasars shaping the cosmic landscape. Yellow X marks indicate the positions of quasars. The color scale represents the density of neutral hydrogen gas, with red indicating high density and blue indicating low density, or in other words, the blue region is rich in ionized gas. Therefore, the neutral gas concentrates in the left cluster of galaxies, while the ionized gas preferentially appears around the right galaxy clump. Black contour lines show the galaxy density. Gray regions are masked areas due to poor image mosaic or saturation near bright stars.

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Credit: Subaru Telescope / SDSS, Liang et al.

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