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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on December 11, 2009, 02:49

Title: Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole
Post by: sam on December 11, 2009, 02:49

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Astronomers think that supermassive black holes exist at the center of most galaxies. Not only do the galaxies and black holes seem to co-exist, they are apparently inextricably linked in their evolution. To better understand this symbiotic relationship, scientists have turned to rapidly growing black holes - so-called active galactic nucleus (AGN) - to study how they are affected by their galactic environments.

http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/ngc6872/

Title: Re: Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole
Post by: Clive on December 11, 2009, 10:01

I think that lots of black holes have been switched on by galaxy collisions but it's a very good photo.   8-)

Title: Re: Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole
Post by: sam on December 11, 2009, 14:47

yeah.. radio is the way forward though :-D