active galaxies

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$Image shows a large spiral galaxy that that has a bright white center, with several lanes of reddish-brown dust and gas in between faint white arms. The galaxy takes up the center third of the frame. There are several thousand stars, some with diffraction spikes, scattered around the image. This image is labeled Hubble. A small box outlining an area at the center of the galaxy leads a pullout square at the top right. The image, labeled Webb, is dark with a white glowing oval at the center.$

January 14, 2026

The Circinus Galaxy, a galaxy about 13 million light-years away, contains an active supermassive black hole that continues…

PPhysics

January 3, 2026

Some 1.2 billion light-years from Earth, a massive event is unfolding on cosmic scales. There, not two, but…

NASA’s Webb Delivers Unprecedented Look Into Heart of Circinus Galaxy

Three Supermassive Black Holes Discovered on Collision Course in a Cosmic First