Henize 2-10 Stellar Nursery

Typically, black holes are portrayed as silent, ominous monsters who wait in the shadows of space to devour innocent planets and stars. Yet, we probably wouldn't be here if it weren't for them. One is that our galaxy is bound together by the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way, which enables our own existence.

However, evidence that black holes aid in the creation of new stars may have been found by the Hubble Telescope in a dwarf starburst galaxy 34 million light-years from Earth.

Since the finding of what looks to be a giant black hole at the galaxy's center, Henize 2-10 has been the subject of great dispute.

However, studies suggest that the object at the galaxy's center may also be a supernova remnant. But in these breathtaking new Hubble photos, we can detect a gas outflow from the object that travels straight to a star nursery. If this object is a black hole, it will demonstrate the crucial role black holes play in the creation of new stars.