The Black Hole in the Galactic Center

What is at the Heart of Galaxies?

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Galaxies are composed of a huge number of stars spiraling around a common center. Many galaxies show signs of unusual activity in their nucleus: UV radiation, radio emission, plasma jets.


(Figure: Optical View of the Andomeda galaxy - a sibling of the Milky Way.)


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