News Release Archive: Galaxy
News Release 6 of 206
December 17, 2007 01:00 PM (EST)
News Release Number: STScI-2007-37
"Death Star" Galaxy Black Hole Fires at Neighboring Galaxy
Back
Image: Multi-panel Image of 3C 321
Screen-use options: These files are created for viewing on your monitor
Print-use download options: These files are designed to fit on letter-size paper
Highest-quality download options: The best resolution available
ABOUT THIS IMAGE:
A powerful jet from a supermassive black hole is blasting a nearby galaxy in the system known as 3C 321, according to new results from NASA. This galactic violence, never seen before, could have a profound effect on any planets in the path of the jet and trigger a burst of star formation in the wake of its destruction.
Object Name: 3C 321
Image Type: Astronomical
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/D.Evans et al.; Optical/UV: NASA/STScI; Radio: NSF/VLA/CfA/D.Evans et al., STFC/JBO/MERLIN
NEWS RELEASE IMAGES
The above montage includes these images:
3C 321: Galaxy Fires at Neighboring Galaxy Image Type: Astronomical
PRC2007-37
All images from this news release:
To access available information and downloadable versions of images in this news release, click on any of the images below:
