It’s not quite spring cleaning… but as an infrared telescope, #NASAWebb will be able to clear up the dusty mysteries of supermassive black holes.
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The supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way is obscured by a “curtain” of dust.
#NASAWebb’s infrared vision will pierce through the veil to reveal hidden insights about our place in the universe.
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And it’s not just our own galaxy — by seeing through dust,
#NASAWebb will also help us study black holes at the cores of colliding galaxies, such as II Zw 096 (shown here): https://go.nasa.gov/3g4trzL
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Quasars are some of the brightest, most energetic objects in the universe. A supermassive black hole lies at the heart of every quasar, though not every black hole is a quasar. Webb could tell us more about these special objects & their host galaxies: https://go.nasa.gov/3g8nX6U pic.twitter.com/oXpQavGfmJ
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