Black Hole Fires at Neighboring Galaxy

StarCraft 2 writes "This composite image shows the jet from a black hole at the center of a galaxy striking the edge of another galaxy, the first time such an interaction has been found. In the image, it is clearly seen how the jet from the main galaxy on the lower left is striking its companion galaxy to the upper right. The jet impacts the companion galaxy at its edge and is then disrupted and deflected, much like how a stream of water from a hose will splay out after hitting a wall at an angle. The composite image was made by combining data from Chandra, Hubble and several other systems."

Comments

First time?

[Anonymous Coward]

Apparently it's not the first time, or this article is a dupe of a previous article. (I think the latter is just a bit more likely.)

Re:First time?

[provigilman]

There's a simpler explanation. Obviously the black hole particle jet is producing a tachyon emission that's made it's way to the Milky Way and is now causing us to relive the same /. stories over, and over, and over, and over, and over...

Re:First time?

[__aaclcg7560]

Not all intergalactic problems can be reduced to a simple Star Trek formula. :P

Re:First time?

[Original Replica]

Not all intergalactic problems can be reduced to a simple Star Trek formula.

But they can all be solved by reversing the polarity.

It's scary...

[JerryLove]

It's scary just how many different things out there seem waiting to kill you; from asteroids to stellar explosions to, now, death-star black-holes.

On the other hand: I'd imagine it's terribly useful to see what a galaxy does to such an emission. It's got to tell us a lot about things like the real density of the glactic body, and to what extent, if any, a galaxy clears space around it.

Re:It's scary...

[eebra82]

It's scary just how many different things out there seem waiting to kill you; from asteroids to stellar explosions to, now, death-star black-holes. It's safe to say that you're exposed to a more probable danger when you're sitting in a car. Of course, if you get space-rayed while sitting in a car, you're pretty much doomed.

Learn more

[eebra82]

Check this link to learn more about this phenomenon. It's a BBC documentary well worth your time.

Re:death-star black holes

[coldcell]

That's no moon!

'Death Star' galaxy

[the_kanzure]

Over at the Orion's Arm mailing list a week ago, this topic came up too: they were calling it a 'death star' galaxy.

Or possibly a Type III Kardashev civ taking issue with the occupants of a nearby galaxy (or *maybe* an S6 or even S7 Galaxy Brain trying to insure a rival doesn't achieve the same status and threaten it?)! Looks like a cosmic beat-down either way!

Anyway, the galaxies have many awesome processes -- nebulas, supernovae, supermassive blackholes and that strange darkmatter 'void' -- some that we can, perhaps, take advantage of.

Fire back!

[Nerdposeur]

If the other galaxy doesn't learn to fight back now, it's going to get pushed around for the rest of its life.

Re:death-star black holes

[east coast]

The distrubance you feel is Sir Alec Guinness spinning in his grave from knowing that his most quoted line from film was from Star Wars.

1.4 billion years ago called

[davidwr]

They want their news back.