NASA shared images of the Milky Way Galaxy containing an exotic collection of objects on March 13. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory drew attention to the photos of the Milky Way with a supermassive black hole in the center on Instagram. Since it was shared, the post has garnered over 26,000 likes and tons of comments from people.
NASA shares an image of the Milky Way Galaxy
According to the shared post, the center of the Milky Way Galaxy contains an exotic collection of objects, including gas clouds, neutron stars and white dwarf stars that rip material from companion stars, and Sagittarius A. Saggitarius A is a supermassive black hole weighing about 4 million times its mass of the sun. The area around Sagittarius A is green and blue in color and is combined with radio data (red) from the MeerKat telescope in South Africa. Have a look at the pictures.
The post has caught the attention of netizens and garnered responses from people. One user wrote, “Great in many ways.” Another person wrote, “Fireworks of the Universe Itself.” “Omg! … look how they shine!” Commented another netizen. Another wrote, “This is more than beautiful.”
NASA has shared an image of Neutron outside the Milky Way
Meanwhile, last month, NASA had shared a captivating image of a “ special ” lone neutron star spotted outside the Milky Way for the first time connecting with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory took official reach on Instagram and shared the breathtaking photo of the newly identified neutron star 200,000 light-years away from Earth. The space agency added that the remains of the original explosion can be seen in space for thousands of years and include the debris ejected from the star’s interior.