Friday, May 18, 2007

Merging galaxies observed in unprecedented detail

Shaun Saunders sent me this story from NewScientist - In short the article shows two nearby, gas-rich galaxies have been caught crashing into each other in unprecedented detail, pinpointing the location of the two colossal black holes within them. The new observations could shed light on how easy it will be for the black holes themselves to merge one day.

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