Chandra: “Spiderweb Galaxy Field: Feasting Black Holes Caught in Galactic Spiderweb”

Chandra issued an image and press release on March 31, 2022, "Spiderweb Galaxy Field: Fasting Black Holes Caught in Galactic Spiderweb”.  To look for black holes around the "Spiderweb" galaxy, astronomers observed for over 8 days with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.  Chandra revealed 14 actively growing supermassive black holes — a much higher rate than other similar samples.  The difference may be caused by collisions between galaxies in the forming cluster or by an excess of colder gas. The "Spiderweb" gets its nickname from its appearance in some optical light images. For more information visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/feasting-black-holes-caught-in-galactic-spiderweb.html

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