Chandra X-ray Observatory images gas flowing toward black hole
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
The flow of hot gas toward a black hole has been clearly imaged for the first time in X-rays. The observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory will help tackle two of the most fundamental problems in modern astrophysics: understanding how black holes grow and how matter behaves in their intense gravity.