VLA Reveals New Object Near Supermassive Black Hole in Famous Galaxy

1989 and 2015 images, with newly-discovered object seen and not seen.

VLA radio images (orange) of central region of Cygnus A, overlaid on Hubble Space Telescope image, from 1989 and 2015. Animated GIF.

Credit: Perley, et al., NRAO/AUI/NSF, NASA
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