<ul><li>Images captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory show that a black hole's jet in the galaxy Centaurus A has struck a nearby object.</li><li>The target is believed to be a giant star or a binary system, resulting in increased density and X-ray emissions.</li><li>Black holes at the center of galaxies, including the one in Centaurus A, have immense gravitational pull and form accretion disks that generate jets.</li><li>The collision between the particles in the jet and the stellar wind from the object has caused the observed X-ray emissions.</li></ul>

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