Newly Discovered Type of AGN (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Newly Discovered Type of AGN

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In the newly discovered type of AGN, the disk and torus surrounding the black hole are so deeply obscured by gas and dust that no visible light escapes, making them very difficult to detect. This illustration shows the scene from a more distant perspective than does the other image.

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Aurore Simonnet, Sonoma State University.

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