Hey there , human , want to feel some awe ? Look atthis newly released NASA range of a function solidifying of two galaxies , each with a supermassive mordant kettle of fish at its heart , colliding in a violent spiral of asterisk poppycock . quad is awesome , and thanks to improved telescope technology , we ’re seeing more and more of it every day .
These new images fare from NASA ’s comparatively newNuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array ( NuSTAR ) , a smutty hole - hunt high - energy ex - re telescope now circling the Earth . NuSTAR is specifically designed to distinguish the types of X - ray that are typically obscured by the thick clouds of blistering gas and dust around smuggled holes . We ’ve seen the two colliding extragalactic nebula , together with known as Arp 299,in the past , but the powerful NuSTAR is now unveil unprecedented detail . Astronomers now know , for case , that the supermassive pitch-dark hole at the center of the galaxy on the right is devouring all the gas and dust around it . The other seems to be sleeping .
Thanks to NuSTAR , astronomers can now gain a greater understanding of how the universe work . “ When galaxies collide , gun is splosh around and driven into their several nuclei , fueling the growth of black hole and the formation of stars , ” state NASA ’s Andrew Ptak who led a study on the new images . “ We want to understand the mechanisms that trigger the black holes to turn on and start consuming the gas . ”
This arresting Modern finding is not to be confused with intelligence from earlier this workweek that two colliding supermassive sinister holesare about to wrack an entire galaxy , release as much vigor as 100 million supernovas . This is just bonus awe . [ NASA JPL ]
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