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Image description: This artist concept of the local galaxy Arp 220, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows that galaxies with the most powerful, active, supermassive black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less ones. Learn more about how active black holes squash star formation.
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image description: This artist concept of the local galaxy Arp 220, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows that galaxies with the most powerful, active, supermassive black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less ones. Learn more about how active black holes squash star formation.

Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech

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