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Hubble Spots Shadow of Supermassive Black Hole’s Torus in IC 5063 | Astronomy – Sci-News.com
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed spectacular large-scale dark and light rays beaming out of the bright center of IC 5063, an…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed spectacular large-scale dark and light rays beaming out of the bright center of IC 5063, an active galaxy located 156 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Indus. The researchers think that an inner-tube-shaped ring, or torus, of dusty material surrounding IC 5063s central black hole is casting its shadow into space. According to their scenario, this interplay of light and shadow may occur when light blasted…
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