Oct 17

A galaxy cluster collision revives the cosmic Treble Clef

Pink treble-clef-shaped radio emission over blue hot gas in the galaxy cluster

A long-faded black hole outburst may have left material that a cosmic collision made visible again. That is the proposed history of VLSS J0318.9+5755, a radio source nicknamed the Treble Clef because of its distinctive outline. A composite view of the Treble Clef: X-rays in blue, radio emission in pink, and infrared data. Credits: X-ray: […]