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A Tiny Galaxy with a Big Heart: ESO 495-21 | Hubble

A Tiny Galaxy with a Big Heart: ESO 495-21 | Hubble

Nestled within this field of bright foreground stars lies ESO 495-21, a tiny galaxy with a big heart. ESO 495-21 is just 3,000 light-years across, a fraction of the size of the Milky Way, but that is not stopping the galaxy from furiously forming huge numbers of stars.

There are also indicators for a supermassive black hole in its center—an unusual component for a galaxy of its size.


Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble, NASA

Release Date: June 13, 2019


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