GOODS AGNs: Hidden Black Holes

Hidden Black Holes Revealed in GOODS Field

The combined power of NASA's Great Observatories - the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope - have been combined to find a hidden population of supermassive black holes in the universe. It took the penetrating view of Spitzer to...

X-Rays Emanate From Heated Material Falling Into Black Hole

Spitzer+Chandra: Object #3 53.057987-27.833524

X-Rays Shine From Heated Material Falling Into A Black Hole

Spitzer+Chandra: Object #7 53.215169-27.870226

Comparison of 7 AGN Observed with Chandra, Hubble, VLT and Spitzer

Location of 7 AGN in GOODS/CDF-S

Instrument Comparison of 1/200 of the Full GOODS Fields

(Left) HST ACS image of 1/200 of the full GOODS fields shows three X-ray sources (circled) and many other galaxies. (Right) Combined HST-Spitzer IRAC image of the same region. The two "hard" X-ray sources (yellow circles, indicating sources detected only at the shortest X-ray...

HUDF: If Human Eyes Could See in the Way that Spitzer Can See

The look of the HUDF (outlined area) if human eyes could see in the way that Spitzer can see. The red color of this picture comes from the deepest infrared observations made by the GOODS team using Spitzer. Within the HUDF, which is about 1% the size of the full Moon, the GOODS...

A Close-Up Look of Two of the Extremely Red Galaxies Revealed By Spitzer

A close-up look of two of the extremely red galaxies revealed by Spitzer. While they are very faint (the bottom one) or even completely invisible (the top one) in the deepest-ever optical images obtained by Hubble, Spitzer easily picked them up because of their strong infrared...

GOODS AGNs: More Hidden Black Holes

The video begins with a combined Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope image, dissolving into a Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope image of another of the identified seven AGNs in the GOODS field.