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Deep Dive: A distant supercluster of galaxies points to self-interacting dark matter

Ran in the Morning edition of LivePulse, Monday, October 19, 2026
Original reporting: Phys.org Space, 2026-10-16

Seven billion light-years from Earth, there is an unexpected cluster of galaxies. It has two regions in the process of colliding with each other with a combined mass of more than two quadrillion solar masses. Given its mass, the distant cluster has been nicknamed El Gordo, the Fat One.

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