CXC Home | Search | Help | Image Use Policy | Latest Images | Privacy | Accessibility | Glossary | Q&A
Download this video (MP4)
A Quick Look at an Ultraluminous X-ray Source (ULX) in M51
(Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart)
[Runtime: 1:08]
Astronomers have used Chandra data to determine that an ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) contains a neutron star.
This ULX is located in M51, which is also known as the Whirlpool galaxy, located about 30 million light years from Earth.
ULXs are extremely bright sources of X-rays, first discovered by astronomers in the 1980s.
This new result helps provide clues as to how ULXs shine so brightly in X-rays.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart)
[Runtime: 1:08]
Astronomers have used Chandra data to determine that an ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) contains a neutron star.
This ULX is located in M51, which is also known as the Whirlpool galaxy, located about 30 million light years from Earth.
ULXs are extremely bright sources of X-rays, first discovered by astronomers in the 1980s.
This new result helps provide clues as to how ULXs shine so brightly in X-rays.
Return to Supermassive Black Holes Are Outgrowing Their Galaxies (February 15, 2018)
Revised: May 25, 2023