Bizarre, Greenish Looping, Spiral, and Braided Shapes around Eight Active Galaxies (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Bizarre, Greenish Looping, Spiral, and Braided Shapes around Eight Active Galaxies

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These Hubble Space Telescope images reveal a set of bizarre, greenish looping, spiral, and braided shapes around eight active galaxies. The galaxies host a bright quasar that may have illuminated the structures.

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NASA, ESA, and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)

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