This image from NASA WISE spacecraft shows a blazar, a voracious supermassive black hole inside a galaxy with a jet that happens to be pointed right toward Earth. Active black holes are often found at the hearts of elliptical galaxies.
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Title: Lone Blazar
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Date Created: 2012-04-12
Rights: JPL
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