‘Fastest-Feeding’ Black Hole of the Early Universe Found! But Does it Break the Laws of Physics?
The discovery could hold the key to the origin of supermassive black holes. The hungriest known black hole in the early universe has been found, thanks to teamwork between NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Chandra X-ray Observatory. The black hole’s voracious appetite, which has allowed it to pile on more than seven million […]
Sees the Peacock’s Galaxy
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory launch, the Chandra team released this never-seen-before image of NGC 6872, a spiral galaxy in the Pavo (Peacock) constellation, on July 22, 2024. This image and 24 others, which all include data from Chandra, demonstrate how X-ray astronomy explores all corners of the universe. NGC […]
Chandra X-ray Observatory Discovers Giant Black Holes on Collision Course
A new study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has tracked two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses. This is the first evidence for such an impending encounter, providing scientists with important information about the growth of black holes in the early Universe. By definition, dwarf galaxies contain stars with a […]