Runaway Black Hole (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Runaway Black Hole

Caption

The rogue super-massive black hole compresses gas in its wake, forming a long “contrail” of young, blue stars. This unusual event happened when the universe was approximately half its current age.

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NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI)

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