NASA's Hubble Finds Evidence of Galaxy Star Birth Regulated by Black-Hole Fountain (IMAGE)

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NASA's Hubble Finds Evidence of Galaxy Star Birth Regulated by Black-Hole Fountain

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Top: Actual Hubble observations of gas density in the central portion of two galaxies. Bottom: Computer simulations of knots of star formation in the two galaxies show how gas falling into a galaxy's center is controlled by jets from the central black hole.

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Credits: NASA/ESA/M. Donahue/Y. Li

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