Star Formation Triggered by Black-Hole Jets
This artist's rendering shows a central black hole interacting with gas in the galaxy's halo to create a self-regulating cycle. In this cycle, jets shooting out of the galaxy's center heat a halo of surrounding gas, controlling the rate at which the gas cools and falls into the galaxy to form stars.
Links:
- NASA Press release
- CLASH Survey Brightest Cluster Galaxies and Simulations
- Brightest Cluster Galaxies
NASA, ESA, and P. Jeffries (STScI)
About the Image
About the Object
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole |
| Category: | Galaxies |
