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space12 days ago•104 min saved

JWST marks four years with infrared portrait of Centaurus A's tumultuous core

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope marks its fourth anniversary with a stunning infrared image of Centaurus A, a nearby galaxy shaped by a two‑billion‑year merger. JWST’s infrared vision through dust reveals millions of stars and details of the galaxy’s active center, including jet-driven gas flows and a warped, star-forming disk tied to its supermassive black hole, illustrating how AGN activity can sculpt galactic structure and advancing our understanding of galaxy evolution.

via Space|

#active-galactic-nucleus #centaurus-a #galaxy-merger

space12 days ago•5 min saved

JWST Marks Fourth Anniversary With New Infrared Portraits of Centaurus A

To mark its fourth year of science operations, NASA, ESA, and CSA released new JWST images of Centaurus A (NGC 5128), showcasing the galaxy's dust structures and star-forming regions in unprecedented infrared detail thanks to the telescope's NIRCam and MIRI cameras, enabling galactic archaeology and a clearer view of Centaurus A's turbulent past and evolution.

via PetaPixel|

#centaurus-a #galaxy-evolution #infrared-astronomy

science1 year ago•3 min saved

Black Hole Jet Collides with Mysterious Object in Stunning Image

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a mysterious V-shaped X-ray emission from the galaxy Centaurus A, where jets from its supermassive black hole have collided with an unknown object, dubbed C4. This peculiar feature, unlike any other observed in the galaxy's jets, presents a mystery as one arm of the V aligns with the jet flow while the other does not. The nature of C4 remains unclear, prompting further investigation to understand this unique astronomical phenomenon.

via ScienceAlert|

#astronomy #black-hole #centaurus-a

science1 year ago•2 min saved

Black Hole Jet Collides with Mysterious Object in Space

A new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows a black hole jet from Centaurus A, 12 million light-years away, colliding with an unidentified object named C4. This mysterious object, emitting X-rays and featuring V-shaped arms, raises questions about its nature. The discovery, published in The Astrophysical Journal, highlights the extreme physics of black holes and their jets, which can stretch thousands of light-years and impact surrounding celestial bodies.

via Gizmodo|

#astronomy #astrophysics #black-hole