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@stsci.edu
There is a massive black hole in the center of almost every galaxy. How did it get there, and importantly, how does it grow?
TODAY at 7 p.m. ET, we'll discuss what new #NASAWebb data is driving the biggest tensions in our understanding of the black hole phenomenon.
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@stsci.edu
There is a massive black hole in the center of almost every galaxy. How did it get there, and importantly, how does it grow?
TODAY at 7 p.m. ET, we'll discuss what new #NASAWebb data is driving the biggest tensions in our understanding of the black hole phenomenon.
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#JWST image of Messier 77 ✨
M77, also known as the Squid Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy more than 45 million light-years away, invisible to the naked eye.
Its bright centre is an active galactic nucleus, an intensely energetic region created as gravity pulls gas towards a central supermassive black hole.
The 6 bright lines (+ 2vertical rays) are diffraction spikes: visual artefacts created by Webb’s hexagonal mirrors & telescope design.
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#JWST image of Messier 77 ✨
M77, also known as the Squid Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy more than 45 million light-years away, invisible to the naked eye.
Its bright centre is an active galactic nucleus, an intensely energetic region created as gravity pulls gas towards a central supermassive black hole.
The 6 bright lines (+ 2vertical rays) are diffraction spikes: visual artefacts created by Webb’s hexagonal mirrors & telescope design.
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Black holes galore! That’s what astronomers discovered when #NASAWebb peered into the distant cosmos. These smaller, fainter black holes are more similar to the one in our own galaxy. With Webb, scientists can study the black hole-galaxy relationship over time.
Credit: STScI. 🔭 🧪
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Black holes galore! That’s what astronomers discovered when #NASAWebb peered into the distant cosmos. These smaller, fainter black holes are more similar to the one in our own galaxy. With Webb, scientists can study the black hole-galaxy relationship over time.
Credit: STScI. 🔭 🧪
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🐾 An image of the Cat's Paw Nebula by #NASAWebb in near-infrared light was released this month.
This visualization explores a subset of toe bean-reminiscent structures within a section of the nebula, a massive, local star-forming region located approximately 4,000 light-years away. 🔭 🧪
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🐾 An image of the Cat's Paw Nebula by #NASAWebb in near-infrared light was released this month.
This visualization explores a subset of toe bean-reminiscent structures within a section of the nebula, a massive, local star-forming region located approximately 4,000 light-years away. 🔭 🧪