These galaxies have active galactic nuclei (AGN), which are very bright central areas of galaxies.
LOS ANGELES (ANTARA) – NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured new images of the interacting superbright galaxies known as AM 1214-255, the space agency said Wednesday (3/5).
NASA explains that these galaxies have active galactic nuclei (AGN), which are very bright central areas of galaxies. Its extreme brightness is caused by matter spiraling into the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy.
Hubble observes the galaxies closest to their center as part of the AGN survey.
It aims to compile a dataset about surrounding AGNs to use as a resource for astronomers investigating AGN physics, black holes, the structure of host galaxies, and more.
2023-05-04 04:16:14
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