This image shows spiral galaxy NGC 4945 in X-rays. The contours represent the iron K-alpha line observed by the XMM-Newton's EPIC instrument. Brighter colors indicate greater concentrations of X-rays.

The video explains how the galaxy NGC 4945 was spurred into a frenzy of star formation thanks to the eruption of the supermassive black hole at its center roughly 5 million years ago. It’s an ...

Five million years ago, cold gas was thrown into intergalactic space due to a massive eruption from the supermassive black hole in NGC 4945. This galaxy is in Centaurus, is 13 million light-years away ...