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NASA X-ray spacecraft looks on as early black hole stirs a cosmic pot with a galactic potato in the midst
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Robert Lea
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed a supermassive black hole heating gas around a distant galaxy nicknamed the 'red potato.' This process explains why the galaxy is not forming new stars despite being surrounded by dense gas.
Black Holes X-ray spacecraft finds supermassive black hole stirring up the 'red potato' galaxy: 'There may be a cook in this cosmic kitchen' News By Robert Lea Published 27 July 2026 "Stars are not forming like we thought they would, so we went searching for the reason why."
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