This near-infrared and visible image shows the galaxy M89 as viewed by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide field and Planetary Camera 2. The 2019 image captures M89’s bright central nucleus and was taken to further understand how elliptical galaxies like M89 form, as well as to bolster evidence for a central black hole within theseContinue reading “Hubble paints a portrait of elliptical M89”

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