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Black Hole

A black hole is an astronomical object whose gravity is so strong that nothing—even light—can escape from within its event horizon. It forms when a massive star’s core collapses or through other processes, and may have an accretion disk of infalling matter that emits radiation. Supermassive black holes at galaxy centers influence stellar orbits, and mergers produce gravitational waves.

Source: nasa.gov

APODs including "Black Hole"

Globular Cluster Omega Centauri

Globular Cluster Omega Centauri

26/07/2025

In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61

In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61

24/06/2025

Spiral Galaxy NGC 2566 from Webb

Spiral Galaxy NGC 2566 from Webb

26/05/2025

IXPE Explores a Black Hole Jet

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

Spin up of a Supermassive Black Hole

04/05/2025

Virgo Cluster Galaxies

Virgo Cluster Galaxies

17/04/2025

The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

14/04/2025

NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble

NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble

11/03/2025

Messier 87

Messier 87

20/02/2025

M83: The Southern Pinwheel

M83: The Southern Pinwheel

16/01/2025

Grand Spiral NGC 5643

Grand Spiral NGC 5643

26/12/2024