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Evaporating Galaxy [1]

An artist's concept shows the busy heart of WISE 2246, a galaxy that is blowing itself apart. A super-hot disk of gas around a supermassive hole at the galaxy's center emits so much radiation that it is blowing away the gas, dust, and stars in the surrounding galaxy. This illustration shows the glow of the disk around the black hole at center, surrounded by billowing clouds of gas and dust. [NRAO/AUI/NSF; Dana Berry/SkyWorks; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)]

Artist's concept of the galaxy WISE 2246
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