Gallery: Space Photos of the Week: A Supermassive Black Hole Just Wants Some Privacy
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Gas and dust obscure this supermassive black hole in the IC 3639 galaxy.
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These depressions, located in the northern mid-latitudes of Mars, have scalloped edges and polygonal fractures.
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This galaxy's nucleus is hidden within gas and dust.
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The crater in Mimas, an icy moon of Saturn, is 86 miles wide, nearly 1/3 the diameter of the moon itself.
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Dione, shown here in a mosaic of images, is an icy satellite of Saturn, and the 15th biggest moon in our solar system.
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Most large galaxies, including the Milky Way, have supermassive black holes at their center. This galaxy is an exception, centering around a black hole with a very low mass.
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This satellite image shows St. Petersburg, Russia covered in snow.
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The blue object in the middle of this photo is a combination of two gas-rich spiral galaxies, which have slowly merged into one.
