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==Composition== Galaxy clusters have three main components. Galaxies themselves only make up a small fraction of clusters, although they are the only component we can detect in the [[visible spectrum]]. The heated gas of the intracluster medium (ICM) has a peak temperature between 30 and 100 million degrees Celsius.<ref name=":0" /> Dark matter makes up the majority of the mass of galaxy clusters, but cannot be detected optically.<ref name="Kravtsov2012" /> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Component ! Mass fraction ! Description |- | Galaxies | 1% | In optical observations, only galaxies are visible |- | Intergalactic gas in [[intracluster medium]] | 9% | Plasma between the galaxies at high temperature and emit x-ray radiation by thermal [[bremsstrahlung]] |- | Dark matter | 90% | Most massive component but cannot be detected optically and is inferred through gravitational interactions |}
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