Jump to content

File:Black Hole Merger.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (3,000 × 2,250 pixels, file size: 1.15 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: This illustration shows a stage in the merger of two galaxies that forms a single galaxy with two centrally located supermassive black holes surrounded by disks of hot gas. The black holes orbit each other for hundreds of millions of years before they merge to form a single supermassive black hole that sends out intense gravitational waves.
Français : Vue d'artiste de deux trous noirs fusionnant
Latviešu: Mākslinieka zīmējums, kurā attēlota divu melno caurumu saplūšana
Magyar: Két szupermasszív fekete lyuk ugyanabban a galaxisban
Source http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/quasar.html (image link)
Author NASA/CXC/A.Hobart

Note: video simulation of actual black hole mergers also available - see Category:GW150914.

Licensing

Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
Warnings:

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

media type

image/jpeg

checksum

3325aefda59fd8d21d826a8d9359c2bea2e48183

determination method or standard: SHA-1

data size

1,205,841 byte

height

2,250 pixel

width

3,000 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current00:08, 15 February 2016Thumbnail for version as of 00:08, 15 February 20163,000 × 2,250 (1.15 MB)HuntsterFull resolution from Chandra website.
19:58, 11 June 2007Thumbnail for version as of 19:58, 11 June 2007500 × 375 (34 KB)Medium69{{Information |Description={{en|An artist depiction of two black holes merging}} {{fr|Vue d'artiste de deux trous noirs fusionnant}} |Source=Taken from http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_060203.html credit is listed to NASA. |Date=2007-06-11

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Hole_Merger.jpg"