Welcome to #blackholeweek!
To celebrate, Hubble has new images to share featuring active galactic nuclei, or AGNs. Some galaxies contain AGNs, which are extremely bright central regions that host a supermassive black hole!
First up, feast your eyes on NGC 3489. This galaxy is home to a huge black hole, and its luminous center is caused when the black hole devours material that gets too close to it!
This galaxy resides about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.
Stay tuned for more new images of AGNs this week! Plus, more black hole content can be found over at NASA Universe!
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