SOFIA Finds Cool Dust Around Energetic Active Black Holes
Date
Artist illustration of the thick ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes that occur near the supermassive black hole of an active galactic nuclei. The SOFIA studies suggest that the dust distribution is about 30 percent smaller than previously thought.
Credit
(NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook)
Image Number
SCI2017_0007
Additional Information
SOFIA Finds Cool Dust Around Energetic Active Black Holes
Principal Investigator
Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez
Instrument
FORCAST
Location
United States
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