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Discoveries in Physics Research

From quarks to twistronics to dark matter, MIT is on the cutting edge of physics research.
The Phoenix cluster of galaxies has green and purple overlays. The green overlay shows the “cooling gas” and the purple shows “jet-inflated bubbles.
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Study reveals the Phoenix galaxy cluster in the act of extreme cooling

Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope help to explain the cluster’s mysterious starburst, usually only seen in younger galaxies.
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