Astrophysicists discover new galaxy clusters revealed by cosmic 'shadows'

Monday, November 1, 2010 - 16:20 in Astronomy & Space

An international team of astrophysicists has discovered 10 new massive galaxy clusters from a large, uniform survey of the southern sky. The survey was conducted using a breakthrough technique that detects "shadows" of galaxy clusters on the cosmic microwave background radiation, a relic of the "big bang" that gave birth to the universe.

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