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This artist’s conception illustrates one of the most primitive supermassive black holes known (central black dot) at the core of a young, star-rich galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have uncovered two of these early objects, dating back to about 13 billion years ago. The monstrous black holes are among the most distant known, and appear to be in the very earliest stages of formation, earlier than any observed so far. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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This 2016 Curiosity rover selfie shows the vehicle at the “Okoruso” drilling site on Mount Sharp’s Naukluft Plateau. The Martian scene is a mosaic of images taken with the arm-mounted Mars Hands Lens Imager (MAHLI). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

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A dissimilar bunch

Kfir Simon, taken from Tivoli Farm, Namibia

The galaxies of Robert’s Quartet in the southern constellation Phoenix feature very different morphologies. The largest member is NGC 92 (left), whose distorted spiral arm is evidence of a previous interaction — as is the faint broad bridge of stars connecting it to NGC 88 (center). Spiral NGC 89 (bottom) and irregular NGC 88 (right) round out the group. The imager took 4 hours of LRGB exposure with a 24-inch scope.

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