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The galaxy NGC 1068 with an active supermassive black hole at its nucleus. Astronomers studying similar extreme galaxies in the infrared have found that in many cases material obscuring the nucleus may be located over an extended region, and not confined in a small torus.
Credit: NASA and the Chandra X-ray Observatory
Low Resolution Image (jpg)
Credit: NASA and the Chandra X-ray Observatory
Low Resolution Image (jpg)
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