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Supermassive Black Hole
A black hole with a mass ranging from millions to billions of times that of the Sun, typically found at the centers of galaxies. These black holes influence the dynamics and evolution of their host galaxies.
Source: nasa.gov
APODs including "Supermassive Black Hole"
NGC 7331 Close Up
22/09/2022
Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75
05/06/2022
Messier 104
23/04/2022
Animation: Odd Radio Circles
Video
30/03/2022
Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945
26/02/2022
Illustration: An Early Quasar
22/02/2022
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217
21/02/2022
The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT
02/02/2022
NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy
14/01/2022
Dancing Ghosts: Curved Jets from Active Galaxies
01/09/2021
EHT Resolves Central Jet from Black Hole in Cen A
04/08/2021
The Galactic Center in Stars, Gas, and Magnetism
02/06/2021
M104: The Sombrero Galaxy
14/05/2021
Centaurus A's Warped Magnetic Fields
21/04/2021
The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes
Video
16/04/2021
The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
15/04/2021
M87's Central Black Hole in Polarized Light
31/03/2021
Messier 66 Close Up
28/01/2021
NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe
08/01/2021
SS 433: Binary Star Micro-Quasar
Video
31/08/2020
NGC 6814: Grand Design Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
16/08/2020
NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
06/04/2020
The Galactic Center from Radio to X-ray
31/03/2020
M77: Spiral Galaxy with an Active Center
17/03/2020
An Extreme Black Hole Outburst
11/03/2020
Illustris Simulation of the Universe
Video
23/02/2020
NGC 7331 Close Up
07/02/2020
Black Hole Safety Video
Video
01/10/2019
Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945
22/08/2019
Animation: Spiral Disk around a Black Hole
Video
20/08/2019