Then, they pieced together a record of the X-ray light produced by a supermassive black hole in the Andromeda galaxy called M31 star or M31*. Their research provides insight into the unique ...

The Andromeda galaxy is also known as Messier 31. It is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth. On ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides a new look at the Andromeda galaxy in this multi-wavelength image that includes ...

“For example, Chandra’s X-rays reveal the high-energy radiation around the supermassive black hole at the center of M31 as ...

Their research pinpointed the location of the supermassive black hole to P2 using the exact coordinates of four X-ray sources located deep within the Andromeda galaxy’s core: S1, SSS, N1, and P2.

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about ...

It's as if the black hole basically hurled it out of the galaxy. Sponsor Message Han and his colleagues recently studied 21 of these hypervelocity stars at the fringes of the Milky Way.

NASA shared an image of a supermassive black hole in the Andromeda galaxy, compiled from 11,000 snapshots by the retired Spitzer telescope. Livemint. Updated 3 Sep 2024, 03:02 PM IST.

This artist’s concept portrays the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* (A-star). It’s surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas.

There’s now a 50-50 chance this galaxy will crash into ours. Astronomers have long thought that the Milky Way is headed for an inevitable crash with its neighbor, Andromeda.

It's as if the black hole basically hurled it out of the galaxy. Han and his colleagues recently studied 21 of these hypervelocity stars at the fringes of the Milky Way.

This artist’s concept portrays the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* (A-star). It’s surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas.