vendredi 16 avril 2021

Almost Every Galaxy Has One – A Black Hole, That Is

 






NASA - Hubble Space Telescope patch.


Apr 16, 2021


Spectacular jets are powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A. The jets shoot through space for millions of trillions of miles.

This image, taken by the Hubble Telescope, was originally released in November 2012.

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Learn more about black holes: NASA's Field Guide to Black Holes:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13834

For more information about Hubble, visit:

http://hubblesite.org/

http://www.nasa.gov/hubble

http://www.spacetelescope.org/

Image, Text, Credits: NASA, ESA, S. Baum and C. O'Dea (RIT), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).

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