Because of the dimming effects of dust, active galactic nuclei are even more powerful than had been realized. The results imply that in the ultraviolet, where most of the energy is radiated, a typical ...

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image: An artist’s impression of what the dust around an active galactic nucleus might look like seen from a light year away. view more Credit: Peter Z. Harrington ...

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ASKAP J0107–2347, located around 1.5 billion light-years away, is also remarkable because it features two sets of radio lobes, one inside the other. The inner lobes are bright and short, while the ...

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2,500 New Active Black Holes Identified, Raising Questions About How They Evolve Dark Energy ... 2025 10:15 PM Feb 19, 2025 10:10 PM. This artist’s illustration depicts a dwarf galaxy that hosts an ...

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A team of astronomers from the Russian Academy of Sciences, utilizing the Spektr-RG (SRG) space observatory, has identified 11 new active galactic nuclei (AGNs) through an investigation of X-ray ...

A spiral galaxy with an ‘active galactic nucleus’ shows off in a new JWST image. By Laura Baisas. Published Aug 9, 2024 11:35 AM EDT.