Illustration of dwarf galaxy with growing black hole and jet (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Illustration of dwarf galaxy with growing black hole and jet

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The newly discovered massive black holes reside in dwarf galaxies, where their radiation competes with the light of abundant young stars.

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Original image by NASA & ESA/Hubble, artistic conception of black hole with jet by M. Polimera.

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