Galaxy (IMAGE)

Durham University

Galaxy

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A Hubble Space Telescope color image of one of the nine galaxies targeted by NuSTAR. The high-energy X-rays detected by NuSTAR revealed the presence of an extremely active supermassive black hole at the galaxy center, deeply buried under a blanket of gas and dust.

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Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA

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