Study reveals termination shocks and extended X-ray emission in the active galaxy Markarian 78

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and elsewhere have investigated an active galaxy known as Markarian 78. They report that the source exhibits termination shocks and extended X-ray emission. The study was detailed in a paper published April 27 on arXiv.org.


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