Dusty Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes May Be Secret Planet Factories
Astronomers from New Mexico State University, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center and CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College propose that the dust-rich tori surrounding active stellar nuclei (AGN)– the energetic cores…
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Hubble Sees Dusty Spiral Galaxy: NGC 7496
NGC 7496 is a disallowed spiral nebula situated roughly 24 million light-years away in the constellation of Grus. This Hubble image reveals NGC 7496, a disallowed spiral nebula some 24…
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