Credits: NRAO/AUI/NSF/S. Dagnello – based on WISE/NEOWISE data
The most luminous galaxy confirmed — discovered by WISE and known by its catalog number, WISE J224607.55-052634.9 — radiates with 350 trillion times the luminosity of the Sun. As illustrated in this artist's conception based on subsequent observations using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile, trails of dust are being pulled from three smaller galaxies into this blazing powerhouse. It appears to be cannibalizing its smaller neighbors, which is likely contributing to its superlative brightness. WISE discovered this galaxy as part of a rare population of objects that appear only in its longest wavelength bands.
Read more about this image here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA22358
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