The galaxy M87, about 50 million light-years from Earth, has jets of material that emanate from a supermassive black hole (image at right). The location of the black hole is offset from the center of the galaxy’s light distribution.
Credit: Left: NASA; Right: J.A. Biretta, W.B. Sparks, F.D. Macchetto, E.S. Perlman, NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team
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