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The gravitational pull of a suspected super-massive black hole forms a frisbee-like disk of cool gas, at the core of an energetic galaxy. Subsequent Hubble observations of yet another active galaxy (M87) confirmed the reality of monstrous black holes — gravitational "sink holes" that trap everything, even light. (Image Released: November 1992)

Object Name: NGC 4261

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: L. Ferrarese (Johns Hopkins University) and NASA

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