News articles tagged with 'Centaurus A'
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Watching a cannibal galaxy dine
— 21 Nov 2009 11:40 | AstronomyCentaurus A (NGC 5128) is the nearest giant, elliptical galaxy, at a distance of about 11 million light-years. One of the most studied objects in the southern sky, by 1847 the unique…
Chandra shows shocking impact of galaxy jet
— 22 Apr 2009 15:44 | AstronomyA survey by the Chandra X-ray observatory has revealed in detail, for the first time, the effects of a shock wave blasted through a galaxy by powerful jets of plasma emanating from…
Black hole outflows from Centaurus A detected with APEX
— 1 Feb 2009 20:26 | AstronomyCentaurus A is our nearest giant galaxy, at a distance of about 13 million light-years in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It is an elliptical galaxy, currently merging with…
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