An amazing photograph combines information from the improved Hubble Space Telescope camera and data from Subaru (Hawaii). In the picture you can see the part of the tail, which is formed from the spiral galaxy D100.
Scientists have managed to capture an interesting phenomenon. It is important to understand that the space between galaxies in a cluster does not act as empty space. In reality, it is filled with heated gas and plasma, which draws galaxies passing through it. This is reminiscent of resistance when driving at great water depths. The effect is strong enough to tear the galaxies apart or drastically change shape. A particularly striking example of the phenomenon seems to be the tail of the D100, stretching far beyond the limits of the image. The galaxy refers to the cluster of Hair of Veronica. The pressure from the hot plasma (the medium inside the cluster) tore off the gas from the D100, forming a jet.
Densely populated clusters, such as the Hair of Veronica, provide shelter for thousands of galaxies. Therefore, we have the ideal laboratories in which this phenomenon can be studied. Perhaps it seriously affects the galactic evolution and the emergence of new generations of stars.
