New Hubble Image: A Galaxy Whose Light Contradicts Quantum Physics
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a distant spiral galaxy whose light appears to defy some of the most common rules of quantum physics.
The galaxy MCG-01-24-014 observed by Hubble belongs to the second type of Seyfert galaxy. The peculiarity of this type is that the width of the allowed and forbidden lines in the spectrum of its radiation is approximately equal to the allowed lines in the spectrum of Seyfert galaxies of the first type. At the same time, in Seyfert galaxies of the first type, the width of the forbidden zones is relatively small, and this corresponds to the experience that is partially reproducible on Earth. Otherwise, it appears to be an ordinary spiral galaxy. At least in the optical range.
Galactic nuclei of type MCG-01-24-014 have an active galactic nucleus at the center. In the general case, it is an active black hole that constantly absorbs a lot of matter and, as a result, the matter falling onto it emits energy in a wide electromagnetic spectrum. And this spectrum is perfectly captured by our instruments. Moreover, it shows the possibility of processes and phenomena whose feasibility can hardly be imagined, including “forbidden” light, which can be studied and fundamental conclusions about the nature of our world can be drawn from its observation.
