Ophiuchus Supercluster explosion
NASA and others have published evidence for the biggest explosion seen in the Universe. It is not the first time such an explosion has been seen. This extremely powerful eruption occurred in the Ophiuchus Supercluster.[1][2]
The supercluster is about 390 million light years from Earth.[3] The explosion was caused by a super massive black hole spraying out jets of extremely active particles.[4]
This observation was made by various space-based and Earth-based observatories including the Hubble Space Telescope.[5]
Ophiuchus Supercluster Explosion Media
The Ophiuchus Cluster as imaged by Pan-STARRS DR1, showing the giant galaxy NeVe 1 and its fuzzy halo partially obscured by the dense foreground stars of the Milky Way
The Ophiuchus Cluster with labels included. The central galaxy NeVe 1 is marked by the cross (+), while the dashed line shows the break in its X-ray halo—the boundary of the cavity and its associated radio emission. The image on the lower right by Chandra further details the cavity edge in NeVe 1's X-ray halo.Credit: Chandra, 2MASS, XMM-Newton, GMRT.
References
- ↑ Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster. NASA. 27 February 2020. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/ophiuchus-galaxy-cluster.html. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ↑ "Chandra Press Room :: Most Powerful Eruption in the Universe Discovered :: January 5, 2005". chandra.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ↑ Giacintucci, S.; Markevitch, M.; Johnston-Hollitt, M.; Wik, D. R.; Wang, Q. H. S.; Clarke, T. E. (4 February 2020). "Discovery of a Giant Radio Fossil in the Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 891: 1. arXiv:2002.01291. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab6a9d. S2CID 211020555.
- ↑ Werner, N.; Zhuravleva, I.; Canning, R. E. A.; Allen, S. W.; King, A. L.; Sanders, J. S.; Simionescu, A.; Taylor, G. B.; Morris, R. G.; Fabian, A. C. (2016). "Deep Chandra study of the truncated cool core of the Ophiuchus cluster". MNRAS. 460 (3): 2752–2764. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.460.2752W. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1171. ISSN 0035-8711.
- ↑ "Biggest cosmic explosion ever detected left huge dent in space". The Guardian. 27 February 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/27/biggest-cosmic-explosion-ever-detected-makes-huge-dent-in-space. Retrieved 28 February 2020.