Visuals: Astronomers Find Dust in the Wind of Black Holes

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ssc2007-16a: A Wealth of Dust Grains in Quasar Winds
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/F. Markwick-Kemper (University of Manchester)

ssc2007-16b: Dust in the Quasar Wind
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)

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