Our #HubbleTopImage features a monster galaxy 👹 that may have been stirred up by black-hole mischief!⁠ ⁠ This view of the elliptical galaxy A2261-BCG was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in 2012. The galaxy has a puffy core measuring about 10,000 light-years across – about three times larger than the centre of comparable galaxies.⁠ ⁠ Astronomers proposed two possible explanations. One is that a pair of merging black holes 🕳️🕳️ gravitationally stirred up and scattered the stars. Another is that merging black holes were ejected from the core, causing unanchored stars to spread out.⁠ For more information check the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷 NASA, ESA, M. Postman (Space Telescope Science Institute, USA), T. Lauer (National Optical Astronomy Observatory, USA), and the CLASH team. ⁠ ⁠ #ESA #Hubble