Astronomers in charge of the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a black hole in the heart of a dwarf galaxy that, rather than absorbing stars, generates them.
This revelation challenges the commonly held belief that
black holes are matter destroyers.
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Henize 2-10 | Image credit: NASA, ESA, Zachary Schutte
(XGI), Amy Reines (XGI); Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI). |
The process by which these stars form is peculiar and
differs from what is found in larger galaxies. Gas may be observed circling
about the black hole known as Henize 2-10 before merging with a dense core of
gas within the galaxy, according to the astronomers.
“Hubble's spectroscopy shows that the outflow was moving at
a million miles per hour, hitting the dense gas like a garden hose hitting a
mound of dirt. Clusters of newborn stars dot the path of the outflow
propagation,” explains NASA.
Next, a video in which you can observe this curious
phenomenon: