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Galaxy M84 Nucleus (IRAS 12224+1309 , M 84 , Messier 84 , NGC 4374) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Galaxy M84 Nucleus

May 12, 1997 · ESA/Hubble · IRAS 12224+1309 , M 84 , Messier 84 , NGC 4374

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This colorful 'zigzag' is not the work of a flamboyant artist, but the signature of a supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy M84, discovered by Hubble Space Telescope's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS).