In 2007, Hanny's Voorwerp, a curious gas cloud, brighter than 30,000 suns with no obvious power source, was found floating in intergalactic space. Since that initial discovery, 19 similar clouds have been observed, all glowing apparently without internal power.
Current think among the world's astronomers is that the clouds were probably powered by neighboring massive black holes that had blasted them with intense radiation.
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