LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found a galaxy cluster that has two streams of superheated gas crossing one another, NASA said on Friday.

Researchers have discovered an enormous, comet-like tail of hot gas -- spanning over 1.6 million light-years long -- trailing behind a galaxy within the galaxy cluster called Zwicky 8338, according to NASA.

This tail, spawned as the galaxy had some of its gas stripped off by the hot gas it is hurtling through, has split into two streams.

This is the second pair of tails trailing behind a galaxy in this system. Previously, astronomers discovered a shorter pair of tails from a different galaxy near this latest one. This newer and longer set of tails was only seen because of a deeper observation with Chandra that revealed the fainter X-rays, said NASA.

The result shows that crossing the streams may lead to the creation of new structure, said NASA. Enditem

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