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A new habitat is prepped for volunteers to test living in Mars-like conditions for a year, @NASAWebb detects signs of water vapor on a distant planet, and we celebrate #BlackHoleWeek—that’s what’s up This Week at NASA.

Wrap up the celebration with us: go.nasa.gov/44B3u1j
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Overview | Black Hole Week – NASA Universe Exploration

NASA's home for exploring everything beyond our solar system. Scientists use our fleet of telescopes to help us understand objects from our nearest neighbor stars, to monster black holes and distant galaxies.
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When we say “supermassive black holes,” just how do they measure up?

Using their shadows for size, we’ve rounded up 10 black holes and compared them to objects in our solar system. Don’t worry – these black holes are many light-years away: go.nasa.gov/3HIcDeW #BlackHoleWeek
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NASA Animation Sizes Up the Universe’s Biggest Black Holes

A new NASA animation highlights the “super” in supermassive black holes. These monsters lurk in the centers of most big galaxies, including our own Milky Way.
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Interacting galaxies, known as AM 1214-255, shine bright in this new view from Hubble!

Both galaxies contain active galactic nuclei, which are luminous central regions that host a black hole. Learn more for #BlackHoleWeek: go.nasa.gov/3VoUSa9
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Hubble Captures Extraordinarily Bright Interacting Galaxies

This new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows interacting galaxies known as AM 1214-255.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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It's #BlackHoleWeek! Have you been sucked in yet? Maybe you need more pieces of flair? We can help! Brush up on black hole science: go.nasa.gov/3LLbh5u
Find your flair: go.nasa.gov/3LoSFGT
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Basics | Black Holes – NASA Universe Exploration

A black hole is so dense that gravity just beneath its surface, the event horizon, is strong enough that nothing – not even light – can escape. The event horizon isn’t a surface like Earth’s or even the Sun’s.
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Next up for #BlackHoleWeek, meet NGC 4395!

About 14 million light-years away, this spiral galaxy contains an active galactic nucleus (AGN) powered by a supermassive black hole.

Find out more about this new Hubble view: go.nasa.gov/3Nzydpw
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Hubble Gazes at the Home of an Enormous Black Hole

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the spiral galaxy NGC 4395 looks at a small section of the larger galaxy.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Welcome to #BlackHoleWeek!
Most galaxies, like our Milky Way, have black holes at their centers. This computer-simulated image shows what that might look like. In the center is the black hole’s event horizon, where no light can escape.
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Basics | Black Holes – NASA Universe Exploration

A black hole is so dense that gravity just beneath its surface, the event horizon, is strong enough that nothing – not even light – can escape. The event horizon isn’t a surface like Earth’s or even the Sun’s.
NASA Universe Exploration
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Welcome to #BlackHoleWeek!

To celebrate, Hubble has new images to share featuring active galactic nuclei, or AGNs. Some galaxies contain AGNs, which are extremely bright central regions that host a supermassive black hole!

First up, feast your eyes on NGC 3489 ⬇️
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