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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"

A Jet from Galaxy M87

A Jet from Galaxy M87

06/07/2000

The Long Jet of Pictor A

The Long Jet of Pictor A

19/06/2000

X-rays From The Perseus Cluster Core

X-rays From The Perseus Cluster Core

15/06/2000

A Bubbling Galaxy Center

A Bubbling Galaxy Center

12/06/2000

X-Ray Wind From NGC 3783

X-Ray Wind From NGC 3783

01/06/2000

Journey to the Center of the Galaxy

Journey to the Center of the Galaxy

22/04/2000

Redshift 5.8: A New Farthest Quasar

Redshift 5.8: A New Farthest Quasar

19/04/2000

A Mystery In Gamma Rays

A Mystery In Gamma Rays

24/03/2000

The Sombrero Galaxy from VLT

The Sombrero Galaxy from VLT

28/02/2000

M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Core

M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Core

15/02/2000

X For Andromeda

X For Andromeda

21/01/2000

X-Rays From The Galactic Center

X-Rays From The Galactic Center

20/01/2000

A Big Black Hole Floats By

A Big Black Hole Floats By

19/01/2000

V4641 Sgr: The Closest Black Hole Candidate

V4641 Sgr: The Closest Black Hole Candidate

17/01/2000

Chandra Resolves the Hard X-Ray Background

Chandra Resolves the Hard X-Ray Background

14/01/2000

XMM Launched

XMM Launched

21/12/1999

Accretion Disk Binary System

Accretion Disk Binary System

19/12/1999

3C 295: X-rays From A Giant Galaxy

3C 295: X-rays From A Giant Galaxy

25/11/1999

The Heart Of NGC 4261

The Heart Of NGC 4261

07/11/1999

X-Ray Jet From Centaurus A

X-Ray Jet From Centaurus A

28/10/1999

Black Holes in Galactic Centers

Black Holes in Galactic Centers

17/10/1999

NGC 1365: Barred Spiral Galaxy

NGC 1365: Barred Spiral Galaxy

08/10/1999

The Center of Centaurus A

The Center of Centaurus A

22/08/1999

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy

15/08/1999

The Galactic Center in Infrared

The Galactic Center in Infrared

21/06/1999

Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945

Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945

12/04/1999

The Galactic Center - A Radio Mystery

The Galactic Center - A Radio Mystery

28/01/1999

Centaurus A: The Galaxy Deep Inside

Centaurus A: The Galaxy Deep Inside

04/12/1998

A Lonely Neutron Star

A Lonely Neutron Star

28/11/1998

Seyfert Galaxy NGC 7742

Seyfert Galaxy NGC 7742

23/10/1998