Spitzer Finds a Cyclops Galaxy!

Imagine peering through your telescope and having a wild creature with one Cyclops-like eye looking back at you! NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope saw just that when it located galaxy NGC 1097, about 50 million light-years away. It has long, spindly arms of stars, and its one "eye" at the center of the galaxy is actually a monstrous black hole surrounded by a ring of stars. Plus, this creature looks to be carrying a smaller blue galaxy in its arms!
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