Sep 30, 2009 | Posted by: roboblogger
Hubble Images Show 2 Galaxies That Are Losing It
Ram pressure is the drag force that results when something moves through a fluid a ' much like the wind you feel in your face when bicycling, even on a still day a ' and occurs in this context as galaxies orbiting about the center of the cluster move through the intra-cluster medium, which then sweeps out gas from within the galaxies.
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