Intense flash from the Milky Way's black hole, illustration

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Illustration showing an intense flash flash from the Milky Way's black hole illuminating gas outside of our galaxy. This flash has illuminated the Magellanic Stream. The Magellanic Stream is a ribbon of gas trailing the Milky Way’s two satellite galaxies the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC).

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Photo credit: © NASA/ESA/L. Hustak (STScI)/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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