The purple emission ismulti-milliondegreegasdetected in X-rays by NASA's ChandraX-rayObservatory and the othercolorsshowgalaxiesinan opticalimage from theSloanDigitalSkySurvey.
"Wise is finding them across the full sky, while Nustar is giving us an entirely new look at their high-energy X-ray light and learning what makes them tick, " he said.