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Dissecting Supermassive Black Holes: The Feedback Loop
Watch as the jets and winds from a supermassive black hole affect its host galaxy—and the space hundreds of thousands of light-years away over millions of years.
Explore our image and video collections to find more videos in this series, including "Pinpointing the Flows,” and “Conditions for Star Formation,” and the complete “Dissecting Supermassive Black Holes” infographic available to admire, print, and post on your wall!
- Release DateMarch 17, 2021
- Science ReleasePeering into a Galaxy’s Dusty Core to Study an Active Supermassive Black Hole
- CreditVideo: NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI)
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Supermassive black holes, which lie at the centers of galaxies, are voracious. They periodically “sip” or “gulp” from the swirling disks of gas and dust that orbit them, which can result in massive outflows that affect star formation locally and farther afield. When NASA’s James...
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Laura Betz
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
laura.e.betz@nasa.gov
NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI)
