Chandra X-ray Image of M87
In this 2008 X-ray image, the giant elliptical galaxy M87 reveals evidence for a series of outbursts from the central supermassive black hole. The loops and bubbles in the hot, X-ray emitting gas are relics of small outbursts from close to the black hole. Other interesting features in M87 are narrow filaments of X-ray emission, which may be due to hot gas trapped by magnetic fields. One of these filaments is over 100,000 light years long, and extends below and to the right of the center of M87 in almost a straight line.
Image credit: NASA/CXC/CfA/W. Forman et al.
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Chandra X-ray Image of M87
In this 2008 X-ray image, the giant elliptical galaxy M87 reveals evidence for a series of outbursts from the central supermassive black hole. The loops and bubbles in the hot, X-ray emitting gas are relics of small outbursts from close to the black hole. Other interesting features in M87 are narrow filaments of X-ray emission, which may be due to hot gas trapped by magnetic fields. One of these filaments is over 100,000 light years long, and extends below and to the right of the center of M87 in almost a straight line.
Image credit: NASA/CXC/CfA/W. Forman et al.
#NASAMarshall #Chandra #NASAChandra #ChandraXrayObservatory #galaxy
Read more about the Chandra X-ray Observatory