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Dust clouds can explain puzzling features of active galactic nuclei: Mysterious features seen in lig

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2018-06-15 21:29:43
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Many large galaxies have a bright central region called an active galactic nucleus, powered by matter spiraling into a supermassive black hole. Gas clouds around the AGN emit light at characteristic wavelengths, but the complexity and variability of these emissions has been a longstanding puzzle. A new study explains these and other puzzling features of active galactic nuclei as the result of small clouds of dust that can partially obscure the innermost regions of AGNs.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180614213615.htm [sciencedaily.com]

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