Selected discoveries and research highlights

Concise, visual introductions to selected results, with direct paths to the underlying observations, scientific context, and publications.

Clean side-by-side Chandra and Hubble composites of two luminous type 2 quasars. — X-ray: NASA/CXC; optical: NASA/ESA/HST; image processing and composition: Anna Trindade Falcão.

AAS 248 · Featured science

Tracing Winds from Supermassive Black Holes into Galactic Gas

Chandra and Hubble reveal contrasting relationships between photoionized X-ray-emitting gas and warm ionized gas in two luminous type 2 quasars.

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Artist concept of a candidate pair of active supermassive black holes in a merging galaxy. — NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI).

NASA · Hubble, Chandra, and VLA

A Candidate Supermassive Black Hole Duo

Chandra, Hubble, and VLA observations resolve compact structures consistent with a candidate pair of accreting supermassive black holes separated by approximately 100 pc.

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