Black Hole Outburst
July 17, 2012
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has discovered an extraordinary outburst by a black hole in the spiral galaxy M83, located about 15 million light years from Earth. Using Chandra, astronomers found a new ultraluminous X-ray source, or ULX. These objects give off more X-rays than most normal binary systems in which a companion star is in orbit around a neutron star or black hole.
Image Credit: NASA/CXC/Curtin University/R.Soria et al.
Image Credit: NASA/CXC/Curtin University/R.Soria et al.
Topics:
Ultraluminous X-ray source, X-rays, X-rays, Star types, Star types, Astronomy, Technology Internet, Technology Internet, Messier 74, Ultraluminous X-ray source, Centaurus A, Centaurus A, NGC, Black hole, Black hole, Neutron star, Neutron star, Binary star, Binary star, Galaxy, X-ray astronomy, X-ray astronomy, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Chandra X-ray Observatory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
