NASA - A Black Hole Overflows From Galaxy Centaurus A
A Black Hole Overflows From Galaxy Centaurus A
This image of Centaurus A shows a spectacular new view of a supermassive black hole’s power. Jets and lobes powered by the central black hole in this nearby galaxy are shown by submillimeter data (colored orange) from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope in Chile and X-ray data [...]
NASA - Menagerie of Stars
Menagerie of Stars
A violent and chaotic-looking mass of gas and dust is seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image of a nearby supernova remnant. Denoted N 63A, the object is the remains of a massive star that exploded, spewing its gaseous layers out into an already turbulent region.
This supernova remnant is a member of N [...]