Novel images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show a galaxy having an energetic black hole that is partially hidden by dark dust. NGC 7172, a spiral galaxy in the region Piscis Austrinus, is roughly 110 million light-years away from Earth. The Hubble Space Telescope’s Enhanced Instrument for Surveys & Wide Field Camera 3 captured the… Continue reading Angry Black Hole Or Cosmic Whirlpool? New Hubble Photo Will Have You Seeing Both
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Hubble Peers into Deep Space: Distant Spiral Galaxy Seen in Full Spectral Glory
The Hubble Space Telescope obtained this week’s picture of the spiral galaxy NGC 4571, which is situated 60 million light-years distant in the region of Coma Berenices. The photograph was obtained using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, and it was released this week. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team) This… Continue reading Hubble Peers into Deep Space: Distant Spiral Galaxy Seen in Full Spectral Glory