When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A supermassive black hole masked by a cloud of cosmic dust was found at the center of an active ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a stunning ...

(Nanowerk News) Messier 77 is a galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, some 45 million light-years away from us. Also known as NGC 1068, it is one of the most famous and well-studied galaxies. It is a ...

Supermassive black holes at the center of many galaxies might look more like pancakes than doughnuts, pancakes smoking as the black holes at their center burn their inner edges. That’s how Université ...

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A "very large" telescope was used to snap the below image of a galaxy researchers call Messier 77 or NGC 1068. The European Space Observatory's Very Large Telescope located in Chile was used to snap ...

ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a magnificent face-on view of the barred spiral galaxy Messier 77. The image does justice to the galaxy's beauty, showcasing its glittering arms ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 16 – Observations showing a roughly donut-shaped cloud of cosmic dust and gas shrouding a huge black hole at the heart of a galaxy similar in size to our Milky Way are providing ...

According to a report by the European Southern Observatory, a research team could pinpoint and discover a black hole in the Messier 77 galaxy that is humongous. The space object became one of the most ...

In the vastness of space, there are plenty of places to hide. Astronomers recently caught a sneaky supermassive black hole hiding behind a cloud of cosmic dust at the center of a distant galaxy. Their ...

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