File:Artist's impression of a black hole and accretion disk (Black-Hole-5K).jpg

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English: 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.
Date 13 April 2021 (upload date)
Source Artist's impression of a black hole and accretion disk
Author NOIRLab/AURA/NSF/P. Marenfeld
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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.

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