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Objects so dense that they have formed a gravitational event horizon. Anything entering the event horizon is forever trapped, including light. Stellar mass black holes are the remnants of dead stars. Supermassive black holes are at the center of most galaxies, and have a mass of millions or billions of Suns.

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Double Boomerang
Artist impression of the merging galaxy NGC 6240
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03 – ALMA Top 10: Counter-rotating Gas Flows around a Black Hole
A Universe Full of Radio Galaxies
EHT image of event horizon in the central supermassive black hole of M87
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Artist Illustration of an AGN
Animation of Unified AGN Model
Artist impression of Abell 2597
Inflow, Outflow Cycle of Gas Near Black Hole
Composite image of Abell 2597
A Molecular Fountain In Abell 2597
Blazar diagram
AGNs Seen at Different Angles
Time lapse of jet expansion
Astronomers See Distant Eruption as Black Hole Destroys Star
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Tidal Disruption Event in Arp 299
Center of NGC 5643
Glowing Core of Brilliant Galaxy NGC 5643
The 11 bipolar outflows near Sag A*
Earliest Phase of Star Formation Ever Observed in Highly Hostile Environment
Double-lobe feature produced by jets from one of the newly forming stars.
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