Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have discovered X-ray activity that sheds light on the evolution of galaxies. The X-rays outline giant clouds of cold gas in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4945. The gas appears to have blasted through the galaxy after its central supermassive black hole erupted some 5 […]
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Astrophysics, Black Holes, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Galaxies, Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Science & Research, Spiral Galaxies, Supermassive Black Holes, The Universe
Posted on
January 11, 2024
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