Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Hubble Hubba: Stars Are Being Born Around A Black Hole In Galaxy’s Center

Hubble Hubba: Stars Are Being Born Around A Black Hole In Galaxy’s Center:

Hubble Space Telescope picture of galaxy NGC 3081. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; acknowledgement: R. Buta (University of Alabama)

Hubble Space Telescope picture of galaxy NGC 3081. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; acknowledgement: R. Buta (University of Alabama)
Let’s just casually look at this image of a galaxy 86 million light-years away from us. In the center of this incredible image is a bright loop that you can see surrounding the heart of the galaxy. That is where stars are being born, say the scientists behind this new Hubble Space Telescope image.

(...)
Read the rest of Hubble Hubba: Stars Are Being Born Around A Black Hole In Galaxy’s Center (156 words)


© Elizabeth Howell for Universe Today, 2014. |
Permalink |
No comment |


Post tags: ,


Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

No comments:

Post a Comment