Webb Telescope Reveals Black Hole in Circinus Galaxy Is Being Fed, Not Blowing Material Away - Wick & Company News Media % Webb Telescope Reveals Black Hole in Circinus Galaxy Is Being Fed, Not Blowing Material Away Wick & Company News Media

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the sharpest view yet into the heart of the Circinus Galaxy,

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High-resolution Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the Circinus galaxy's core. Multiple X-ray sources are visible, with extended emission potentially linked to a supermassive black hole and hot gas outflow. One source's variable brightness suggests a binary star system, possibly orbiting a black hole. The image spans ~5000 light-years.

Astronomy Picture from 16/05/2001

The Center of the Circinus Galaxy in X-Rays

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010516.html


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