Giant shock waves at the physical boundaries of the most massive structures in the Universe could be used as an accurate tool to measure the total mass of clusters of galaxies.
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Vazza, F. Weighing galaxy clusters with shocks. Nat Astron (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02336-2
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