Skip to player
Skip to main content
Skip to footer
Search
Connect
Watch fullscreen
Like
Comments
Bookmark
Share
Add to Playlist
Report
Telescopes Paint Stunning View Of Galaxy Cluster With Black Hole Jets
Space.com
Follow
09/05/2025
Views of a massive galaxy cluster Abell 2256 have been captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA’s XMM-Newton and three radio telescopes (LOFAR, the GMRT and the VLA). See a composite of all the views here.
Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart
Category
🤖
Tech
Transcript
Display full video transcript
00:00
Visit Chandra's Beautiful Universe
00:05
ABEL 2256
00:10
Astronomers have captured a spectacular and ongoing collision
00:14
between at least three galaxy clusters.
00:17
Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory,
00:21
ESO's XMM-Newton,
00:23
and a trio of radio telescopes
00:25
are helping astronomers sort out what is happening
00:28
in this jumbled scene.
00:31
Galaxy clusters are some of the largest structures in the universe
00:34
and contain a mixture of galaxies, hot gas, and dark matter.
00:40
Over time, these colossal objects can collide
00:43
and merge with each other through their gravitational pull.
00:47
This is the main way that galaxy clusters can grow
00:50
into the gigantic cosmic edifices seen today.
00:54
ABEL 2256, located 780 million light-years from Earth,
00:59
is a scene where this process is taking place.
01:03
Astronomers studying this object are trying to tease out
01:06
what has led to this unusual-looking structure.
01:09
Each telescope tells a different part of the story.
01:13
For example, Chandra and XMM-Newton
01:16
can see the multi-million-degree gas from the clusters.
01:20
The radio emission in this system arises from an even more complex set of sources.
01:25
The first are the galaxies themselves,
01:28
where the radio signal is generated by particles blasting away in jets
01:32
from supermassive black holes at their centers.
01:35
Radio waves are also coming from a huge filamentary structure,
01:39
which was likely generated when the collision created shock waves
01:42
and accelerated particles in the gas.
01:45
Astronomers will continue to study this complex system
01:49
to untangle this knot of galaxy clusters
01:52
and the details of the physics taking place there.
01:54
This will help us learn more about how these cosmic giants
01:58
came to inhabit the universe today.
02:00
Transcription by CastingWords
02:01
Transcription by CastingWords
02:03
Transcription by CastingWords
02:05
Transcription by CastingWords
02:06
Transcription by CastingWords
02:08
Transcription by CastingWords
02:10
Transcription by CastingWords
02:11
Transcription by CastingWords
02:12
Transcription by CastingWords
02:13
Transcription by CastingWords
02:14
Transcription by CastingWords
02:15
Transcription by CastingWords
02:16
Transcription by CastingWords
02:17
Transcription by CastingWords
02:18
Transcription by CastingWords
02:19
Transcription by CastingWords
02:20
Transcription by CastingWords
02:21
Transcription by CastingWords
02:22
Transcription by CastingWords
Recommended
1:04
|
Up next
We Just Found Out It Was James Holzhauer Who Brought The Friendly Ken Jennings And Brad Rutter Feud Back To Jeopardy, And We Love It
Cinema Blend
yesterday
1:30
Tom Holland Got Candid About The Best Advice Robert Downey Jr. Gave Him About Sobriety, And Explained Why It's Called 'Hugging The Cactus'
Cinema Blend
today
1:36
Stunning Lobster Nebula View Captured By Dark Energy Camera
Space.com
today
3:20
Webb And Chandra Telescopes In Space Team Up For Amazing Imagery
Space.com
02/05/2025
1:45
Star Cluster Resembles 'Cosmic Wreath' In Chandra X-Ray Telescope Tour
Space.com
03/07/2025
1:45
Earth Is Spinning Too Quickly - Clocks Aren’t Keeping Up
Live Science
today
2:07
Why Are Flies So Hard To Swat?
Live Science
yesterday
2:22
A Bottle Of Merlot That Was Aged In Space And Worth Over $1 Million
Live Science
yesterday
0:18
Elizabeth Hurley Through The Years #shorts
Cinema Blend
yesterday
2:06
EU and Japan strengthen trade alliance amid global tensions
euronews (in English)
today
11:50
Latest news bulletin | July 23rd – Evening
euronews (in English)
today
1:00
'States must ACT NOW': Climate activists protest outside ICJ
euronews (in English)
today
3:48
See The Crab Nebula And Cassiopeia - Amazing Time-Lapse
Space.com
today
1:07
Watch The R Aquarii Binary Star System Evolve In Hubble Imagery Time-Lapse
Space.com
today
1:07
SpaceX Falcon 9 Fairing Cameras Capture Amazing Views Of Separation
Space.com
today
1:06
Massive Black Hole Has 'Awakened' In Galaxy SDSS1335+0728
Space.com
today
1:33
365-Day Time-Lapse Of Earth Images Showing Sunlight Movement
Space.com
today
1:17
Watch This Amazing 3D Visualization Fly Through View Of 5000 Galaxies From The James Webb Space Telescope
Space.com
today
1:03
SpaceX Fired Up Starship Twice In Ahead Of A Flight 4 Launch
Space.com
yesterday
1:20
Largest Early Universe Radio Jet Discovered - At Least 200,000 Light-Years Wide
Space.com
yesterday
1:06
Sun Unleashed Two Big X-Flares As US Suffered Cell Phone Outages
Space.com
yesterday
1:22
Betelgeuse Has A CompanionStar - Astronomers See It For First Time
Space.com
yesterday
1:06
China's New Space Cargo Shuttle Launches To Tiangong Space Station In Animation
Space.com
yesterday
1:18
Amazing Footage From Earth As Space Station Transits Sun During Spacewalk
Space.com
yesterday
1:06
NASA Ejects Orion Spacecraft's Forward Bay Cover In Test
Space.com
yesterday