Ghost remains after black hole eruption
Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 10:42
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a cosmic "ghost" lurking around a distant supermassive black hole. This is the first detection of such a high-energy apparition, and scientists think it is evidence of a huge eruption produced by the black hole.
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