 An false-color X-ray picture is overlayed on an optical image of the NGC 4325 group of galaxies. The cloud of hot gas, seen in green and purple, is 1.9 million light-years in diameter and has a temperature of about 18 million degrees Fahrenheit (10 million K). The cloud implies that about 90 percent of the mass in this group is in the form of dark matter.
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