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Gazing into Space
Hubble Slide Show
 
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Warped Disc
Pictures: Philippe Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA |

Warped Disc
Hubble catches a glimpse of a warped disc of matter illuminated in ultraviolet light pouring from what is believed to be a black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy. The galaxy is 300 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Minor.


 
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