Hubble image showing a 200,000 light year streak of stars formed by a black hole ejected from a galaxy.

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   Mark Reid (mdreid@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Apr-2023 12:11:46 JST Mark Reid

   The universe is wild.

   This streak on a Hubble photo, originally thought to be an imaging glitch, is actually a 200,000 light year trail of new stars formed by the wake of a black hole that was ejected from the galaxy at the top right.

   For reference, that streak is about twice the diameter of the Milky Way!

   More details: https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2023/010/01GWQ1F36Y4JK6Y4K8AWMZ86AF?news=true

   #hubble #blackhole #astronomy