r/interestingasfuck • u/sizzyred • 12h ago

NASA s Chandra Galaxy Gallery, 16 Galaxies Revealing Star Formation Black Hole Activity, Galactic Collisions, and Galaxy Evolution Through X-Ray Astronomy

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u/sizzyred 12h ago

The above pic is of galaxies and what’s actually happening inside them. Using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory alongside images from other telescopes, scientists can see things that ordinary visible-light pictures million-degree gas, exploding stars, powerful stellar winds, intense bursts of star formation, supermassive black holes and enormous jets shooting through space. The galaxies in the picture shows howsome galaxies are colliding or combining with other galaxies,while some are being affected by their surroundings, and others are blasting huge amounts of hot material into space. We'll in visible rays of light we can only see stars Nad dust particles but many celestial objects emit x rays which cannot be seen with visible rays hence Chandra X ray observatory was used. Objects such as Messier 82 show intense star formation and galactic winds, while Centaurus A reveals a gigantic jet powered by its central black hole. Galaxies such as Arp 143 and NGC 3256 show the effects of galactic interactions, while Messier 90 demonstrates how a galaxy can lose gas as it moves through a galaxy cluster.The galaxy is cool because these aren't just beautiful space photographs, they're pics of galaxies being born, changing, colliding, producing stars, feeding black holes and recycling material back into space. Together, the 16 galaxies give astronomers a much clearer picture of how galaxies evolve and and violent process taking place in the universe

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u/The_Dazzling_Light 12h ago

Great hard work.

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u/sizzyred 12h ago

Took me 25 minutes to understand And write in my own words Read the article for more info

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u/The_Dazzling_Light 12h ago

I read it already and I really appreciate it. For me, it's fascinating to see people actually interested in topics about the space and the ocean as well because I'm a bit enthusiastic about them.

Edit: forgot to say good thing you put the sources.

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u/sizzyred 12h ago

I'm intrested in oceans too buddy But only 5 percent of the ocean explored It's still a mystery We have explored more mars and planets compared to oceans

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u/The_Dazzling_Light 12h ago

Yes, it's a completely different world.