Tendrils of dark dust obscuring this Seyfert galaxy's luminous heart in new Hubble image - Devdiscourse

Astronomers inspecting the NGC 7172 galaxy also discovered that it is a Seyfert galaxy, an extremely energetic class of galaxies known as active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Seyfert galaxies have supermassive black holes at their centers accreting material, which …

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking view of NGC 7172, a spiral galaxy lying approximately 110 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. The new… [+1288 chars]

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