File:Black Hole Merger.jpg

From Vero - Wikipedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Black_Hole_Merger.jpg (500 × 375 pixels, file size: 34 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects. The description on its file description page there is shown below.

Summary

Description
English: This illustration shows a stage in the merger of two galaxies that forms a single galaxy with two centrally located supermassive black holes surrounded by disks of hot gas. The black holes orbit each other for hundreds of millions of years before they merge to form a single supermassive black hole that sends out intense gravitational waves.
Français : Vue d'artiste de deux trous noirs fusionnant
Latviešu: Mākslinieka zīmējums, kurā attēlota divu melno caurumu saplūšana
Magyar: Két szupermasszív fekete lyuk ugyanabban a galaxisban
Source http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/quasar.html (image link)
Author NASA/CXC/A.Hobart

Note: video simulation of actual black hole mergers also available - see Category:GW150914.

Licensing

Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
Warnings:

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

image/jpeg

34,901 byte

375 pixel

500 pixel

05a3ab9f4dce4e95059b7b79175cc9ab63e2daa0

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current08:12, 14 September 2025Thumbnail for version as of 08:12, 14 September 2025500 × 375 (34 KB)wikimediacommons>Pivotman319Reverted to version as of 19:58, 11 June 2007 (UTC): "full resolution" version was upscaled from the original 500x375px image

The following page uses this file: