Artist’s illustration of dwarf galaxy with active galactic nucleus (IMAGE)

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Artist’s illustration of dwarf galaxy with active galactic nucleus

Caption

This artist’s illustration depicts a dwarf galaxy that hosts an active galactic nucleus — an actively feeding black hole. In the background are many other dwarf galaxies hosting active black holes, as well as a variety of other types of galaxies hosting intermediate-mass black holes.

Credit

NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/M. Zamani

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License

CC BY

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