Astronomers have found a galaxy that looks normal in optical light, but Chandra's x-ray vision reveals a black hole in the middle.

Could giant black holes be hiding in the centers of galaxies that lead double lives, appearing as mild-mannered "Clark Kent-like" normal galaxies in visible light, but revealing a powerful "Superman-like" inner core in X-rays? Many astronomers think so, but no one has ever been able to prove it.

Now, using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, a group of astronomers has published observations of an object that appears to be an optical "Clark Kent" galaxy with a camouflaged "Superman" in the middle -- in other words, they may have found an elusive Type 2 quasar.

Full Story: http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast21mar_1m.htm

Mitch Battros
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