Centaurus A (Cen A), located some 12 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus the Centaur, is the fifth-brightest galaxy in the night sky and hosts an exceptionally powerful supermassive black hole at its core. This oddly shaped galaxy was the latest target of two of NASA’s orbiting X-ray telescopes, the Chandra X-ray Observatory andContinue reading “Centaurus A captured in colorful detail by trio of telescopes”
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