Arrhythmic beating of a black hole heart: At the center of the Centaurus galaxy cluster, there is a large elliptical galaxy called NGC 4696. Deeper still, there is a supermassive black hole buried within the core of this galaxy. New data from our Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes has revealed details about this giant black hole.
Image Credit: NASA
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