Animation of a Lyman-alpha blob

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Summary

This animation of a blob begins with a close-up view of a super-massive black hole in the centre of a galaxy. Material falls into the black hole via a hot, rotating disk, and powers an outflow that pushes out into the galaxy. The view pulls back to show the galaxy hosting the black hole, as the outf

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• Source collection: Wikimedia Commons
• License: CC / Public Domain
• Category: Space

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