Sunny Priyan
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the picturesque spiral galaxy NGC 4941, located 67 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.
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Thanks to its cosmic closeness, Hubble reveals exquisite details in NGC 4941, including individual star clusters and filamentary clouds of gas and dust.
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This image was created using data from a program studying star formation and the stellar feedback cycle in nearby galaxies.
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As stars form in dense gas clumps, they shape their surroundings through winds, starlight, and powerful supernovae explosions.
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These stellar feedback processes shape star formation in NGC 4941—where an active galactic nucleus, powered by a supermassive black hole, also contributes to the cosmic influence.
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As a supermassive black hole devours gas in NGC 4941, it forms a glowing, superheated disk, with its active galactic nucleus unleashing winds, radiation, and jets that shape star formation and drive galaxy evolution.
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