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Images: When black holes collide

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April 18, 2006 7:25 PM PDT

Here, two giant black holes approach each other in the galaxy cluster Abell 400. The picture was taken by an X-ray telescope and shows the multimillion degree radio jets stemming from the black holes. The holes look like white spots in the picture.

Photo by NASA/CXC/AIfA/D.Hudson & T.Reiprich et al.

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