In a galaxy far, far away... a pretty impressive light show is going on.
NASA has captured the galactic display taking place on NGC 4258, some 23 million light years from Earth.
The incredible display is powered by a giant black hole, shockwaves and gas, with the colors making it look like some sort of galactic firework show.
Jets from NGC 4258's central black hole are heating up material, making it glow.
The jets also power shock waves that are driving out gases from the galaxy's interior.
These gases make up the fuel for the creation of news stars.
Because NGC 4258 is relatively close to Earth, experts have been able to study the galaxy's black hole, which is about 10 times larger than the one in the Milky Way.
Entities 0 Name: NGC Count: 3 1 Name: Earth Count: 2 2 Name: NASA Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/VndXtO Title: Supermassive black hole creates awesome 'fireworks display' in space Description: Happy Fourth of July, space lovers! To help you celebrate the holiday, NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory released this image of a galactic "fireworks display" in a galaxy 23 million light years away. That crazy explosion of color and light in the image above is the NGC 4258 galaxy seen in a variety of wavelengths.
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