Galaxy NGC 1365 in Fornax | Webb Telescope & Chandra X-ray Observatory

Galaxy NGC 1365 in Fornax | Webb Telescope & Chandra X-ray Observatory

"A black hole walks into a buffet . . .⚫"

At the heart of galaxy NGC 1365, a supermassive black hole is "basically feasting at an all‑you‑can‑eat buffet" in this image from Chandra and Webb. Located about 60 million light-years from Earth, this gobbling black hole has a mass of roughly 2 million suns and growing.

Image Description: A close up image of spiral galaxy NGC 1365 and the supermassive black hole at its center. Here, the galaxy is shown at a dramatic angle, as if the bright pink core is gazing past our right shoulder. Swirls of pale, grey-blue material, resembling waves in a dark ocean, spiral toward the radiant pink core that hangs at our lower left. Glowing pink circles, and flecks of red, dot the churning spiral galaxy.

Credits: X-ray, Chandra X-ray Observatory: NASA/CXC/SAO

Infrared, Webb Space Telescope: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI

Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and J. Major

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