Image: The active galaxy Markarian 1018
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Description: This image from the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the active galaxy Markarian 1018, which has a supermassive black hole at its core. The faint loops of light around the galaxy are a result of its interaction and merger with another galaxy in the recent past.
Title: The active galaxy Markarian 1018
Credit: http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1631a/
Author: ESO/CARS survey
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