Radio telescopes reveal unseen galactic cannibalism
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 09:49
in Astronomy & Space
Radio-telescope images have revealed previously-unseen galactic cannibalism - a triggering event that leads to feeding frenzies by gigantic black holes at the cores of galaxies. Astronomers have long suspected that the extra-bright cores of spiral galaxies called Seyfert galaxies are powered by supermassive black holes consuming material...
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