NuSTAR – “biggest and baddest” black holes are actually buried under thick blankets of gas and dust

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NuSTAR Discovery — A montage of images showing an artist’s concept of NuSTAR (top); a color image of one of the galaxies targeted by NuSTAR (lower left); and artist’s concept of a hidden black hole. Credits: Top: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Lower-left: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA. Bottom-right: NASA/ESA

Did you know that some of the “biggest and baddest” black holes are actually buried under thick blankets of gas and dust? Their hidden nature makes observing them a challenge, but our NuSTAR Satellite recently caught a glimpse of five of these supermassive black holes. More:

By: Sam Silver
July 7, 2015

NuSTAR – “biggest and baddest” black holes are actually buried under thick blankets of gas and dust

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NuSTAR – “biggest and baddest” black holes are actually buried under thick blankets of gas and dust

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at the University of California, Berkeley

SSL is not open to the public. Please contact our administrative team at spacesciencesadmins@ssl.berkeley.edu should you need access to our lab.