A New Radio-Optical View of Hercules A

New View of Hercules A

Spectacular jets powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A illustrate the combined imaging power of two of astronomy's cutting-edge tools, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3, and NRAO's recently upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. Read more...

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