Chandra Shows Shocking Impact Of Galaxy Jet From Supermassive Black Hole
Friday, April 24, 2009 - 00:08
in Astronomy & Space
A survey by the Chandra X-ray observatory has revealed in detail, for the first time, the effects of a shock wave blasted through a galaxy by powerful jets of plasma emanating from a supermassive black hole at the galactic core. The observations of Centaurus A, the nearest galaxy that contains these jets, have enabled astronomers to revise dramatically their picture of how jets affect the galaxies in which they live.