When mid-infrared wavelengths are included, the Virgil galaxy appears to contain an enormous, active black hole, with no sign of that black hole visible in ultraviolet or visible wavelengths.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by University of Arizona press release describing peer-reviewed JWST study (Rieke et al., ApJ), corroborated independently by phys.org, Live Science, Space.com, and Scientific American. Minor caveat: an earlier preprint suggested ambiguity in AGN classification, but the finalized published study and press materials consistently support the claim.
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