Exposing Black Holes Disguised in Dust
This zoomed-in view of a portion of the all-sky survey from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows a collection of quasar candidates shown in yellow circles. Quasars are supermassive black holes feeding off gas and dust.
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PIA15811
Date Created
August 29, 2012
Center
JPL
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