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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

07/02/2020

A Hotspot Map of Neutron Star J0030's Surface

A Hotspot Map of Neutron Star J0030's Surface

18/12/2019

21st Century M101

21st Century M101

06/11/2019

Black Hole Safety Video

Black Hole Safety Video
Video

01/10/2019

Unusual Signal Suggests Neutron Star Destroyed by Black Hole

Unusual Signal Suggests Neutron Star Destroyed by Black Hole
Video

03/09/2019

Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945

Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945

22/08/2019

Animation: Spiral Disk around a Black Hole

Animation: Spiral Disk around a Black Hole
Video

20/08/2019

The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

08/07/2019

NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy

NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy

02/07/2019

M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy

M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy

29/06/2019

Our Galaxy's Magnetic Center

Our Galaxy's Magnetic Center

19/06/2019

The Galaxy, the Jet, and the Black Hole

The Galaxy, the Jet, and the Black Hole

27/04/2019

Simulation: Two Black Holes Merge

Simulation: Two Black Holes Merge
Video

14/04/2019

First Horizon-Scale Image of a Black Hole

First Horizon-Scale Image of a Black Hole

11/04/2019

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy

29/03/2019

M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Center

M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Center

17/03/2019

X-Ray Superbubbles in Galaxy NGC 3079

X-Ray Superbubbles in Galaxy NGC 3079

05/03/2019

Simulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms

Simulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms
Video

26/02/2019

HESS Telescopes Explore the High-Energy Sky

HESS Telescopes Explore the High-Energy Sky
Video

08/01/2019

NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe

NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe

28/12/2018

Spiraling Supermassive Black Holes

Spiraling Supermassive Black Holes
Video

03/12/2018

M15: Dense Globular Star Cluster

M15: Dense Globular Star Cluster

17/10/2018

NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble

NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble

09/10/2018

Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic Ring

Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic Ring

17/09/2018

Trapezium: At the Heart of Orion

Trapezium: At the Heart of Orion

05/08/2018

Journey to the Center of the Galaxy

Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
Video

29/07/2018

Neutrino Associated with Distant Blazar Jet

Neutrino Associated with Distant Blazar Jet

16/07/2018

Centaurus A

Centaurus A

12/07/2018

At Last GLAST

At Last GLAST

11/06/2018

A Plurality of Singularities at the Galactic Center

A Plurality of Singularities at the Galactic Center

12/05/2018