Supermassive Black Holes Collide (Picture)

You are looking at the center of galaxy NGC 6240 where two super massive black holes appear to be in the process of colliding. They pictured roughly 3,000 light-years apart. It is a tango you would not want to be anywhere near for fear of getting shredded on an atomic level. From afar, it looks spectacular.

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"Also combining to make a whole greater than the sum of its parts are the two pieces of this image, shown below. Space photos are often a combination of multiple images and sets of data, designed to bring out the details and beauty of the subject. In this case, Chandra’s X-ray data and Hubble’s optical data come together to create an image so stunning that it looks like it must be an artist’s rendering.

Images: X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/C.Canizares, M.Nowak. Optical: NASA/STScI."