It might appear featureless and unexciting at first glance, but NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of this elliptical galaxy — known as Messier 105 — show that the stars near the galaxy’s center are moving very rapidly. Astronomers have concluded that these stars are zooming around a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of […]
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Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Elliptical Galaxies, Galaxies, Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Missions, The Universe
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June 28, 2024
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