Astronomers have discovered what happens when the eruption from a supermassive black hole is swept up by the collision and merger of two galaxy clusters. This composite image contains X-rays from Chandra (blue), radio emission from the GMRT (red), and optical data from Subaru (red, green, and blue) of the colliding galaxy clusters called Abell 3411 and Abell 3412. These and other telescopes were used to analyze how the combination of these two powerful phenomena can create an extraordinary cosmic particle accelerator.
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. van Weeren et al; Optical: NAOJ/Subaru; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRT
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Oy, oy, oy, what's this about an 'eruption from a supermassive black hole?'
The last we heard about a black hole erupting was in the hypothesis the Big Bang was the result of a black hole exploding. (Ithaka: What Came Before the Big Bang - Ashlee Banks for RT)
We have seen how black holes are spewing material along axes perpendicular to the apparent plane of the object but that doesn't seem it comes from an eruption so much as material which wasn't captured. The interested student is invited to pursue this one since our black hole knowledge is obviously thin so what's this about black hole eruption or explosion.
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