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Event Horizon
The boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape. It marks the point of no return for matter falling into the black hole.
Source: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
APODs including "Event Horizon"
The Quiet Sagittarius A*
06/09/2013
Circling a Black Hole at its Photon Sphere
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Video
02/07/2013
Orbiting a Black Hole
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Video
01/07/2013
The Holographic Principle
13/09/2009
Possible Jet Blown Shells Near Microquasar Cygnus X-1
08/06/2009
The Holographic Principle
16/12/2007
The Holographic Principle
30/01/2005
The Holographic Principle
18/05/2003
The Holographic Principle
30/04/2002
Black Holes Are Black
19/01/2001
Black Holes Signature From Advective Disks Research Credit:
15/01/1997