NASA's Webb Telescope Peers Into the Heart of the Circinus Galaxy

January 25, 2026 Universe Today

NASA's Webb Telescope Peers Into the Heart of the Circinus Galaxy
By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/whEsZ6j)

This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows a full view of the Circinus galaxy, a nearby spiral galaxy about 13 million light-years away. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/NSF's NOIRLab/CTIO

The Circinus Galaxy, a galaxy about 13 million light-years away, contains an active supermassive black hole that continues to influence its evolution. The largest source of infrared light from the region closest to the black hole itself was thought to be outflows, or streams of superheated matter that fire outward.

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