Hubble news: Monster Galaxy May Have Been Stirred Up By Black-hole Mischief

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    Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a remarkable new view of a whopper of an elliptical galaxy that may have been puffed up by the actions of one or more black holes in its core. The galaxy's core measures about 10,000 light-years and is the largest yet seen.

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  2. Interesting, and amazing to think that the image that the HST captured was of this galaxy as it existed ages ago. The roof of the block of flats I'm in nearly came off; the winds were that high...
     
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