Like two Sumo wrestlers squaring off, the closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight proximity. These are located approximately 300 light-years apart and were detected using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. These black holes, buried deep within a pair of colliding galaxies, are fueled by infalling […]
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Active Galaxies, Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Galaxies, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Marshall Space Flight Center, Missions, Spiral Galaxies, The Universe
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September 9, 2024
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