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![image of a black hole](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/149450main_Circinus_med-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
The black hole-powered core of a nearby active galaxy appears in this colorful NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy lies 13 million light-years away in the southern constellation Circinus.
Image credit: NASA/Andrew S. Wilson (University of Maryland); Patrick L. Shopbell (Caltech); Chris Simpson (Subaru Telescope); Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann and F. K. B. Barbosa (UFRGS, Brazil); and Martin J. Ward (University of Leicester, U.K.)
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Apr 17, 2023
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