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Hubble Reveals Supermassive Secret of Nearby Galaxy


UGC 3478, featured in this Hubble Space Telescope image, is a Seyfert galaxy characterized by its bright active galactic nucleus containing a supermassive black hole. Located relatively close at 128 million light-years, its emitted X-rays and the surrounding galaxy's structure offer crucial data

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