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Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

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Figure 2. A simulated visualization depicts the scenario of large-scale heating around a galaxy protocluster, using data from supercomputer simulations. This is believed to be a similar scenario to that observed in the COSTCO-I protocluster. The yellow area in the center of the picture represents a huge, hot gas blob spanning several million light years. The blue color indicates cooler gas, which located in the outer regions of the protocluster and the filaments connecting the hot gas with other structures. The white points in the image, which is embedded within gas distribution, is the light emitted from stars.

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