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1998

6/18/1998 STScI-1998-22 11. Hubble Uncovers Dust Disk around a Massive Black Hole Resembling a gigantic hubcap in space, a 3,700-light-year-wide dust disk encircles a 300-million- solar-mass black hole in the center of the elliptical... (More)
5/14/1998 STScI-1998-14 12. Hubble Provides Multiple Views of How to Feed a Black Hole Astronomers have obtained an unprecedented look at the nearest example of galactic cannibalism — a massive... (More)

9/10/1997 STScI-1997-28 13. Hubble Finds a Bare Black Hole Pouring Out Light Probing the heart of the active galaxy NGC 6251, the Hubble telescope has provided a never-before-seen view of a warped disk or ring of dust caught in a blazing... (More)

2/21/1996 STScI-1996-12 14. Hubble Opens Doorway to Systematic Search for Black Holes Hubble Space Telescope's ongoing black hole hunt has bagged yet another supermassive black hole in the universe. The compact... (More)

6/14/1995 STScI-1995-07 15. Galaxy NGC 4881 and the Coma Cluster This Hubble telescope photo mosaic shows a field of distant galaxies. ... (More)

5/25/1994 STScI-1994-23 16. Hubble Confirms Existence of Massive Black Hole at Heart of Active Galaxy Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have found seemingly conclusive evidence for a massive black hole in the center of the giant elliptical... (More)

11/19/1992 STScI-1992-27 17. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Discovers a Disk Fueling a Possible Black Hole Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have gotten their best look yet at the disk of material that surrounds... (More)
5/7/1992 STScI-1992-14 18. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Discovers a High Energy Jet in Galaxy NGC 3862 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed an unusual and fascinating new optical jet in the nucleus of the elliptical galaxy NOC 3862. (More)
4/8/1992 STScI-1992-09 19. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Images the Dense Nucleus of Galaxy M32 Astronomers report that they have found new evidence that a black hole weighing 3 million times the... (More)
1/16/1992 STScI-1992-01 20. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Probes the Compact Nucleus of Galaxy M87 Astronomers report today that they have found intriguing evidence that a black hole weighing over 2.6 billion... (More)