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在钱德拉的图像中，“H”代表炽热和巨大

在梅西耶84星系（M84）的热气中有一个“H”形结构。来自银河系中心超大质量黑洞的喷流在高温下产生了相反方向的空洞。NASA钱德拉X射线天文台的X射线数据（以粉红色显示）与VLA的无线电数据（以蓝色显示）相结合，显示了这一点。

NASA·每日一图

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哈勃太空望远镜拍摄到异常明亮的相互作用星系

This new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows interacting galaxies known as AM 1214-255. These galaxies contain active galactic nuclei, or AGNs. An AGN is an extraordinarily luminous central region of a galaxy. Its extreme brightness is caused by matter whirling into a supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s heart. Hubble observed the galaxy closes...

NASA·每日一图

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中子星碰撞

Two neutron stars begin to merge in this illustration, blasting a jet of high-speed particles and producing a cloud of debris. These gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful events in the universe. Scientists think these kinds of events are factories for a significant portion of the universe’s heavy elements, including gold. They based their estimates o...