Dwarf galaxy. Composite image of a dwarf galaxy located in the galaxy cluster Abell 1795, around 800 million light years from Earth. A bright, long-du


Dwarf galaxy. Composite image of a dwarf galaxy located in the galaxy cluster Abell 1795, around 800 million light years from Earth. A bright, long-duration flare observed in this galaxy may be the first recorded event of a black hole destroying a star. Image composed of data obtained by the Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue) and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (red, green and blue).


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