Record-Breaking Explosion by Black Hole Spotted

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From: Chandra X-Ray Observatory website

Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster: Record-Breaking Explosion by Black Hole Spotted

• Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster.
• A giant black hole in the central galaxy of the cluster caused the explosion, blasting out jets that carved a cavity in the surrounding hot gas.
• Astronomers obtained this result using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, XMM-Newton, and two radio telescopes in Australia and India.
• The explosion released a factor of five more energy than the previous record holder and hundreds of thousands of times more than typical clusters. ...

Read & See more at: Chandra :: Photo Album :: Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster :: February 27, 2020

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