Artist’s impression of supermassive black hole seed
This artist’s impression shows a possible seed for the formation of a supermassive black hole. Two of these possible seeds were discovered by an Italian team, using three space telescopes: the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope.
Credit:NASA/CXC/M. Weiss
About the Image
Id: | heic1610a |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | 24 May 2016, 19:00 |
Related releases: | heic1610 |
Size: | 5100 x 3300 px |
About the Object
Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole |
Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
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