CID 1711, X-Ray
Researchers have looked at thousands of galaxies in a large survey to test a prediction that close encounters between galaxies can trigger the rapid growth of supermassive black holes. They found that galaxies in early stages of an encounter were more likely to have actively growing black holes in their cores than isolated galaxies. The galaxies range in distances from about 3 billion to 8 billion light years from Earth. Chandra's unique ability to pinpoint actively growing black holes through the X-rays they generate was critical in determining this result. CID 1711 and CID 3083 are two of the pairs that were studied. CID 1711 is shown here in X-rays from Chandra. SEE BY4987 for side by side comparison. Release date October 25, 2011.
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