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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.

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APODs including "Black Hole"

A Quasar Portrait Gallery

A Quasar Portrait Gallery

06/12/1997

Micro-Quasar GRS1915 Puffs

Micro-Quasar GRS1915 Puffs

02/12/1997

Jet Near Light Speed

Jet Near Light Speed

24/11/1997

Evidence for Frame Dragging Black Holes

Evidence for Frame Dragging Black Holes

07/11/1997

The Heart Of NGC 4261

The Heart Of NGC 4261

19/10/1997

A Lonely Neutron Star

A Lonely Neutron Star

26/09/1997

The Center of NGC 6251 is Glowing

The Center of NGC 6251 is Glowing

12/09/1997

Arp 220: Spirals in Collision

Arp 220: Spirals in Collision

17/06/1997

Streaming From A Black Hole

Streaming From A Black Hole

13/06/1997

Signed, "A Black Hole"

Signed, "A Black Hole"

16/05/1997

A Galactic Cloud of Antimatter Credit:

A Galactic Cloud of Antimatter
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01/05/1997

Jets From SS433 Credit:

Jets From SS433 
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13/04/1997

A Black Hole in M87? Credit:

A Black Hole in M87?
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05/04/1997

The Gamma Ray Sky Credit:

The Gamma Ray Sky
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22/02/1997

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy Credit:

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy
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08/02/1997

Journey to the Center of the Galaxy Credit:

Journey to the Center of the Galaxy 
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21/01/1997

Black Holes Signature From Advective Disks Research Credit:

Black Holes Signature From Advective Disks
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15/01/1997

Black Holes in Galactic Centers

Black Holes in Galactic Centers

14/01/1997

Too Close to a Black Hole

Too Close to a Black Hole

05/01/1997

A Star Where Photons Orbit

A Star Where Photons Orbit

04/01/1997

A Quasar Portrait Gallery Credit:

A Quasar Portrait Gallery
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25/11/1996

Spiral Galaxy NGC 3628 Edge On Credit:

Spiral Galaxy NGC 3628 Edge On
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01/11/1996

The Double Nucleus of M31

The Double Nucleus of M31

11/10/1996

In the Center of Spiral M77

In the Center of Spiral M77

11/09/1996

M77: Spiral with a Strange Glow

M77: Spiral with a Strange Glow

10/09/1996

Why is QSO 1229+204 so Bright?

Why is QSO 1229+204 so Bright?

24/08/1996

A Milestone Quasar

A Milestone Quasar

18/08/1996

NGC 3393: A Super Spiral?

NGC 3393: A Super Spiral?

04/08/1996

The COMPTEL Gamma-Ray Sky

The COMPTEL Gamma-Ray Sky

29/05/1996

The Milky Way Near the Northern Cross

The Milky Way Near the Northern Cross

15/05/1996