Supermassive black hole in early universe, illustration

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Conceptual illustration of a supermassive black hole inside the dust-shrouded core of a vigorously star-forming starburst galaxy. It will eventually become an extremely bright quasar once the dust is gone. This black hole is believed to be the missing link between young star-forming galaxies and the first supermassive black holes.

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Photo credit: © NASA/ESA/STScI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: -, 3147, artwork, astronomical, astronomy, astrophysical, astrophysics, black, early, galactic, galaxy, hole, hst, hubble, ngc, space, starburst, supermassive, telescope, universe