News · 10 May 2026
Galaxy 45 Million Light-Years Away Eaten By Black Hole
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New images are transforming astronomers' understanding of how actively feeding black holes consume material and interact with surroundings. The James Webb Space Telescope recently captured a clear image of Messier 77, a distant spiral galaxy in Cetus. Its core has a supermassive black hole weighing approximately 8 million times more than our sun, pulling nearby matter inwards.
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