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April 14, 2021
This false-color image, taken by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory in 2012, shows an extraordinary outburst from a black hole – where its X-ray output increased at least 3,000 times – in the galaxy M83. Chandra observed what is called a ULX, or ultraluminous X-ray source. The remarkable behavior of this ULX in M83 provides direct evidence for a population of older, volatile, stellar-mass black holes.
Learn more about this black hole and view other images: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/m83/more.html
Chandra X-Ray Observatory: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/main/index.html
Image, Credits: Optical: ESO/VLT; Close-up - X-ray: NASA/CXC/Curtin University/R.Soria et al., Optical: NASA/STScI/Middlebury/Text Credits: NASA/Yvette Smith.
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