2022年3月17日 Centaurus A Image Credit & Copyright: David Alemazkour Explanation: A mere 11 million light-years away, Centaurus A is the closest active galaxy to planet Earth. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy also known as NGC 5128, is featured in this sharp telesco […]
2021年8月4日 EHT Resolves Central Jet from Black Hole in Cen A Image Credit: Radboud University; CSIRO/ATNF/I.Feain et al., R.Morganti et al., N.Junkes et al.; ESO/WFI; MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A. Weiss et al.; NASA/CXC/CfA/R. Kraft et al.; TANAMI/C. Mueller et al.; EHT/M. Janssen et al. Explanation: How do supe
2021年01月17日 Jets from Unusual Galaxy Centaurus A Image Credit: ESO/WFI (visible); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A. Weiss et al. (microwave); NASA/CXC/CfA/R. Kraft et al. (X-ray) Explanation: The jets emanating from Centaurus A are over a million light years long. These jets of streaming plasma, expelled by a giant
2020 February 22 Central Centaurus A Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage (STScI/ AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration Explanation: A mere 11 million light-years away, Centaurus A is the closest active galaxy to planet Earth. Also known as NGC 5128, the peculiar elliptical galaxy is over 60,000 light-
