NGC 6240: Never Before Seen: Two Supermassive Black Holes in Same Galaxy
This 2002 Chandra image of NGC 6240, a butterfly-shaped galaxy that is the product of the collision of two smaller galaxies, revealed that the central region of the galaxy (inset) contains not one, but two active giant black holes.
Image credit: NASA/CXC/MPE/S.Komossa et al.
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NGC 6240: Never Before Seen: Two Supermassive Black Holes in Same Galaxy
This 2002 Chandra image of NGC 6240, a butterfly-shaped galaxy that is the product of the collision of two smaller galaxies, revealed that the central region of the galaxy (inset) contains not one, but two active giant black holes.
Image credit: NASA/CXC/MPE/S.Komossa et al.
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