Artist's impression of a black hole and accretion disk
Supermassive black holes are found at the center of galaxies, chomping on gas and dust that gets pulled into their strong gravitational field. They are surrounded by a hot, swirling accretion disk of material.
Credit:NOIRLab/AURA/NSF/P. Marenfeld
About the Image
Id: | Black-Hole-5K |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | April 13, 2021, 11 a.m. |
Size: | 5120 x 2880 px |
About the Object
Category: | Illustrations |
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