Artist Impression Cool Disk (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Artist Impression Cool Disk

Caption

Artist impression of ring of cool, interstellar gas surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. New ALMA observations reveal this structure for the first time.

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NRAO/AUI/NSF; S. Dagnello

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