Accretion Disk

A rotating disk of gas, dust, and other matter that spirals into a central massive object like a black hole. The material heats up due to friction and gravitational forces, emitting radiation across various wavelengths.

Source: nasa.gov

APODs including "Accretion Disk"

Herbig-Haro 24

28/05/2025

IXPE Explores a Black Hole Jet

09/05/2025

The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes

06/05/2025

Spin up of a Supermassive Black Hole

04/05/2025

Protostellar Outflows in Serpens

27/06/2024

Animation: Black Hole Destroys Star

16/06/2024

Visualization: A Black Hole Accretion Disk

08/05/2024

Black Hole Accreting with Jet

07/05/2024

Swirling Magnetic Field around Our Galaxy's Central Black Hole

01/04/2024

Illustration: An Early Quasar

22/02/2022

Explosions from White Dwarf Star RS Oph

22/08/2021

The Tulip and Cygnus X-1

29/07/2021