nrao_Gallery_nrao17cb01b
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), H. Russell et al.; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
ALMA image of cold molecular gas at the heart of the Phoenix Cluster. The filaments extending from the center hug enormous radio bubbles created by jets from a supermassive black hole. This discovery sheds light on the complex relationship between a supermassive black hole and its host galaxy.
Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
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Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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