Supermassive Black Hole (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Supermassive Black Hole

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In this frame from the new visualization, a supermassive black hole weighing 200 million solar masses lies in the foreground. Its gravity distorts light from the accretion disk of a smaller companion black hole almost directly behind it, creating this surreal view. Different colors for the accretion disks make it easier to track the contributions of each one.

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Jeremy Schnittman and Brian P. Powell

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