The Action-Packed Centaurus A. NASA public domain image colelction.
Summary
This parallelogram shaped region of dust observed by ESA Herschel Space telescope can be best described using galaxy formation models where a flat spiral galaxy collides with an elliptical galaxy becoming warped in the process.
ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/C.D. Wilson, MacMaster University, Canada
- Dark Heart of a Cosmic Collision - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- A cannibalistic galaxy with a powerful heart - Phys.org
- Centaurus A: Far-infrared and X-rays - ESA
- ESA - The dark heart of a cosmic collision - European Space Agency
- ESA - XMM-Newton - European Space Agency
- Centaurus A - Herschel Space Observatory
- Multi-wavelength image of Centaurus A - European Space Agency
- Centaurus A: X-rays - ESA
- A cannibalistic galaxy with a powerful heart - EurekAlert!
- Centaurus A: Visible light - European Space Agency
Tags
herschel space observatory
jpl
jet propulsion laboratory
action packed
centaurus
action packed centaurus
space
nasa
Date
04/04/2012
Location
California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
,
34.20139, -118.17341
Source
NASA
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)