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Black Hole

Caption: This composite image shows M84, a massive elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, about 55 million light years from Earth.

Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/MPE/A.Finoguenov et al.); Radio (NSF/NRAO/VLA/ESO/R.A.Laing et al); Optical (SDSS)

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