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Webb captures ‘unprecedented’ image of galaxies merging near supermassive black hole

Webb captures ‘unprecedented’ image of galaxies merging near supermassive black hole

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According to Johns Hopkins University, this image offers an “unprecedented opportunity to observe how billions of years ago galaxies coalesced into the modern universe.” “We think something dramatic is about to happen in these systems. The galaxy is at this perfect moment in its lifetime, about to transform and look entirely different in a few […]

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ESO image captures galaxy with closest discovered pair of supermassive black holes

ESO image captures galaxy with closest discovered pair of supermassive black holes

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The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope has captured an image of a spectacular galactic collision. NGC 7727, a massive galaxy, was created from an event that started around a billion years ago: the merger of two galaxies. And at the centre of NGC 7727 lies the closest pair of supermassive black holes ever […]

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