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'Green bean' galaxies glow in the dark

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This view from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope shows a close-up of the sky around a very unusual green object called J224024.1-092748 or J2240. It is a bright example of a new class of objects that have been nicknamed "green bean galaxies." This image was released on Wednesday.Astronomers found a green jellybean in space that you'd never want to swallow. The galaxy represents a new type, and falls within the range of active galaxies known as Seyfert galaxies. It glows green because of X-rays spewing from a gigantic black hole at its center that weighs several million to billion times more than the sun.


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