Chandra X-ray Image of M84
This 2008 image of M84, a massive elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, about 55 million light years from Earth, shows X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. A number of bubbles generated from the supermassive black hole at the center of this giant galaxy are visible in this image. The particles that create these bubbles travel outward from the black hole in the form of a two-sided jet. Smaller bubbles are found within larger ones, and this nesting provides clear evidence for repeated outbursts from the central black hole.
Image credit: NASA/CXC/MPE/A.Finoguenov et al.
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Chandra X-ray Image of M84
This 2008 image of M84, a massive elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, about 55 million light years from Earth, shows X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. A number of bubbles generated from the supermassive black hole at the center of this giant galaxy are visible in this image. The particles that create these bubbles travel outward from the black hole in the form of a two-sided jet. Smaller bubbles are found within larger ones, and this nesting provides clear evidence for repeated outbursts from the central black hole.
Image credit: NASA/CXC/MPE/A.Finoguenov et al.
#NASAMarshall #Chandra #NASAChandra #ChandraXrayObservatory #galaxycluster #galaxy #blackhole #supermassiveblackhole
Read more about the Chandra X-ray Observatory