Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/D.Evans et al.;
Optical/UV: NASA/STScI; Radio: NSF/VLA/CfA/D.Evans et al., STFC/JBO/MERLIN
Black Hole Bully
"This composite image shows the jet from a black hole at the center of a galaxy
striking the edge of another galaxy, the first time such an interaction has
been found.
In the image, data from several wavelengths have been combined. X-rays from
Chandra (colored purple), optical and ultraviolet (UV) data from Hubble (red and
orange), and radio emission from the Very Large Array (VLA) and MERLIN (blue)
show how the jet from the main galaxy on the lower left is striking its
companion galaxy to the upper right. The jet impacts the companion galaxy at
its edge and is then disrupted and deflected, much like how a stream of water
from a hose will splay out after hitting a wall at an angle."