Brightest Cluster Galaxies
This sample of galaxies, as seen by Hubble, shows chains of star formation in ultraviolet light. This star formation is a product of the action of the jets from a central black hole that controls infalling gas from the galaxy's halo.
Links:
- NASA Press release
- CLASH Survey Brightest Cluster Galaxies and Simulations
- Star Formation Triggered by Black-Hole Jets
NASA, ESA, G. Tremblay (Yale University), and R. Mittal (Rochester Institute of Technology, and Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
About the Image
About the Object
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole |
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| Category: | Galaxies |
