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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"

NGC 7331 Close Up

NGC 7331 Close Up

22/09/2022

The Tulip and Cygnus X-1

The Tulip and Cygnus X-1

01/09/2022

The Cartwheel Galaxy from Webb

The Cartwheel Galaxy from Webb

24/08/2022

Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75

Two Black Holes Dancing in 3C 75

05/06/2022

Simulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms

Simulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms
Video

29/05/2022

The Milky Way's Black Hole

The Milky Way's Black Hole

13/05/2022

First Horizon-Scale Image of a Black Hole

First Horizon-Scale Image of a Black Hole

01/05/2022

Messier 104

Messier 104

23/04/2022

Animation: Odd Radio Circles

Animation: Odd Radio Circles
Video

30/03/2022

Centaurus A

Centaurus A

17/03/2022

Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc

Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc

10/03/2022

Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945

Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945

26/02/2022

Illustration: An Early Quasar

Illustration: An Early Quasar

22/02/2022

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217

21/02/2022

The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

02/02/2022

NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy

NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy

14/01/2022

Launch of the IXPE Observatory

Launch of the IXPE Observatory

22/12/2021

Ninety Gravitational Wave Spectrograms and Counting

Ninety Gravitational Wave Spectrograms and Counting

07/12/2021

The Holographic Principle and a Teapot

The Holographic Principle and a Teapot

03/10/2021

Dancing Ghosts: Curved Jets from Active Galaxies

Dancing Ghosts: Curved Jets from Active Galaxies

01/09/2021

EHT Resolves Central Jet from Black Hole in Cen A

EHT Resolves Central Jet from Black Hole in Cen A

04/08/2021

The Tulip and Cygnus X-1

The Tulip and Cygnus X-1

29/07/2021

GW200115: Simulation of a Black Hole Merging with a Neutron Star

GW200115: Simulation of a Black Hole Merging with a Neutron Star
Video

14/07/2021

The Galactic Center in Stars, Gas, and Magnetism

The Galactic Center in Stars, Gas, and Magnetism

02/06/2021

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy

14/05/2021

Animation: Black Hole Destroys Star

Animation: Black Hole Destroys Star
Video

27/04/2021

Centaurus A's Warped Magnetic Fields

Centaurus A's Warped Magnetic Fields

21/04/2021

The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes

The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes
Video

16/04/2021

The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole

The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole

15/04/2021

When Black Holes Collide

When Black Holes Collide
Video

11/04/2021