supermassive black hole (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

supermassive black hole

Caption

A quasar emits exceptional amounts of energy generated by matter falling into a supermassive black hole.

Credit

NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

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