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Offline sam

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Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole
« on: December 11, 2009, 02:49 »
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Astronomers think that supermassive black holes exist at the center of most galaxies. Not only do the galaxies and black holes seem to co-exist, they are apparently inextricably linked in their evolution. To better understand this symbiotic relationship, scientists have turned to rapidly growing black holes - so-called active galactic nucleus (AGN) - to study how they are affected by their galactic environments.

http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/ngc6872/
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Re: Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2009, 10:01 »
I think that lots of black holes have been switched on by galaxy collisions but it's a very good photo.   8-)
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Re: Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2009, 14:47 »
yeah.. radio is the way forward though :-D

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