| Expected & Detected Thousands of supermassive black holes. These black holes are located in the centers of galaxies and Chandra has shown they exhibit a wide range of sizes and levels of explosive activity. |
Unexpected Finding a black hole a million times more massive than the Sun in a star-forming dwarf galaxy is a strong indication that supermassive black holes can form more quickly than the galaxy they reside in. This has implications for understanding the formation of galaxies and black holes in the early universe. |
Unexpected A Chandra survey of nine galaxies shows that most of the energy released by matter falling toward supermassive black holes in these galaxies is in the form of high-energy jets traveling at near the speed of light away from the black hole. |
Unexpected Chandra images have revealed that many galaxies have jets of high-energy particles that extend to the outer reaches of the galaxy and affect the appearance and evolution of these galaxies. These jets are generated by matter falling toward supermassive black holes in the centers of the galaxies. |
