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How do you hide a supermassive black hole? Dust. Lots and lots of dust.
How do you hide a supermassive black hole? Dust. Lots and lots of dust.,Not all galaxies are quiet. Some are what we call active galaxies, where the supermassive black hole in their cores are actively feeding on material. The material forms a flattened disk around the black hole which heats up to infernal temperatures and gets so bright it can outshine all the stars in the galaxy combined. Active indeed.

How do you hide a supermassive black hole? Dust. Lots and lots of dust.

Not all galaxies are quiet. Some are what we call active galaxies, where the supermassive black hole in their cores are actively feeding on material. The material forms a flattened disk around the black hole which heats up to infernal temperatures and gets so bright it can outshine all the stars in the galaxy combined. Active indeed.