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FastAndForgetful t1_iuca3xf wrote

What should scare you is the huge unseen thing in the middle of the picture causing all of the gravitational lensing

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Know0neSpecial t1_iuce98c wrote

Lol!! I believe that would be the whitish blob looking foreground galaxy with accompanying unseen super massive black hole

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Aquaticulture t1_iud8kvz wrote

It would be the entire galaxy causing it, not the SMBH which would have relatively minimal mass.

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BryKKan t1_iudxzf9 wrote

I love that something called "super massive" is considered a realtively trivial contributor to the overall gravity of most galaxies.

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