An animation of MAXI J1820+070 (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

An animation of MAXI J1820+070

Caption

In this animation of MAXI J1820+070, the black hole pulls material from a neighboring star and into an accretion disk. Above the disk is a region of subatomic particles called the corona.

Credit

Aurore Simonnet and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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