Swift Survey Finds ‘Smoking Gun’ of Black Hole Activation
May 27, 2010
This simulation follows the collision of two spiral galaxies that harbor giant black holes. The merger stirs up gas in both galaxies. Infalling gas “switches on” the black hole and creates an active galactic nucleus (AGN). credit: NASA
Topics:
Spiral galaxy, Black hole, Galaxy, Social Issues, Galaxy formation and evolution, Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region, Peculiar galaxies, Supermassive black holes, Seyfert galaxies, Active galactic nucleus