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Galaxy With A Voracious Appetite
Observations by the two of the European Space Agency's space observatories have provided a multi-wavelength view of the mysterious galaxy Centaurus A.
The new images, from the Herschel Space Observatory and the XMM-Newton x-ray satellite, are revealing further hints about its cannibalistic past and energetic processes going on in its core.
At a distance of around 12 million light years, Centaurus A is the closest large elliptical galaxy to our own Milky Way.
It has been marked as unusual since shortly after its discovery in the 19th century due to a thick lane of dust across its centre – an unusual feature for an elliptical galaxy. But it wasn't until a century later that the galaxy's true nature was revealed. Rest of article with all image here:
