
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the glittering spiral galaxy NGC 4051, an active galaxy hosting a hungry supermassive black hole. While it's still not clear exactly how black holes bulk up to supermassive status, studying the early universe analogues of galaxies like NGC 4051 might provide clues. You can learn more about the hunt for the seeds that grow into supermassive black holes in our AAS Nova highlight and in the corresponding research article in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. [ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Crenshaw and O. Fox; CC BY 4.0]
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