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Jun 11

Chandra finds massive black holes common in early Universe

Source: Chandra X-Ray Observatory


Illustration of Baby Black Hole.
Image credit: NASA/CXC/A.Hobart.

A composite image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) combines the deepest X-ray, optical and infrared views of the sky. Using these images, astronomers have obtained the first direct evidence that black holes are common in the early Universe and shown that very young black holes grew more aggressively than previously thought. (read more)

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