Galaxy’s gas molecules reveal its structure
Carbon monoxide seen flowing both toward and away from central black hole
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GALAXY’S CORE This composite image from ALMA and the Hubble Space Telescope shows the distribution of gas (yellow and orange) and dust (blue) that form a spiral structure close to the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy NGC 1433.
ALMA (ESO, NAOJ, NRAO), NASA, ESA, F. Combes