{"id":445144,"date":"2026-06-04T01:48:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=12c7aff3323b5376bbea85492aa2192a"},"modified":"2026-06-04T01:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:48:44","slug":"journey-to-the-center-of-the-virgo-cluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=445144","title":{"rendered":"Journey to the Center of the Virgo Cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88).<\/div>\n
ESA\/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The focus of this NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> image released on May 29, 2026, is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of years. The galaxy Messier 88 (M88), also known as NGC 4501, is located about 63 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice\u2019s Hair).<\/p>\n

M88 is an active galaxy, which means that its center harbors a supermassive black hole that is snacking on gas and dust. Astronomers estimate the black hole is around 100 million times as massive as the Sun, and it appears to be powering outflows of gas from the galaxy\u2019s center.<\/p>\n

Learn more about M88.<\/a><\/p>\n

Image credit: ESA\/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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