The dependence of the number of galaxy clusters on the total amount of matter. (IMAGE)

Chiba University

The dependence of the number of galaxy clusters on the total amount of matter.

Caption

Like Goldilocks, the team compared the number of galaxy clusters measured with predictions from numerical simulations to determine which answer was “just right.”

Credit

Mohamed Abdullah (The National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Egypt/Chiba University, Japan)

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