New X-Ray Source In Nearby Galaxy Spawns Mystery (IMAGE)

Ohio State University

New X-Ray Source In Nearby Galaxy Spawns Mystery

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X-ray sources appear and disappear in the nearby galaxy Centaurus A. Astronomers at Ohio State University and their colleagues detected a new X-ray source in the galaxy in 2007 using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The new source -- likely a binary star system that contains a black hole -- appears in the center of the image.

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Animation by Gregory Sivakoff, courtesy of Ohio State University.

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