Luminous X-Ray Outburst from an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole (IMAGE)

University of New Hampshire

Luminous X-Ray Outburst from an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole

Caption

This image shows data from NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope (yellow-white) and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (purple). The purple-white source in the lower left shows X-ray emission from the remains of a star that was ripped apart as it fell towards an intermediate mass black hole. The host galaxy of the black hole is located in the middle of the image.

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X-ray: NASA/CXC/UNH/D.Lin et al, Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI

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