The universe is wild.
This streak on a Hubble photo, originally thought to be an imaging glitch, is actually a 200,000 light year trail of new stars formed by the wake of a black hole that was ejected from the galaxy at the top right.
For reference, that streak is about twice the diameter of the Milky Way!
More details: https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2023/010/01GWQ1F36Y4JK6Y4K8AWMZ86AF?news=true
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I bet the backpack hole was annoyed. I detest rejection and always take it personally.
That having been said I love learning about stuff in the sky. At night.
@Techronic9876 @vitorpy I think you’re right. If you were on a planet orbiting one of those stars in the line you probably see a bright cluster or maybe a short line if your planet’s star was slightly off center.
Fun to try to imagine.
@mdreid @Techronic9876 @vitorpy Reminder that the farthest individual stars we can see with the naked eye are about 6,000 light years away...
We live in a galaxy. Most places just look like that... if they're lucky. The star density in this line is nothing compared to what we see, every night.
@mdreid
When I saw this I thought "the coolness of the universe never stops."
Black hole star generators. Amazing.
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