Black Hole with Ultrafast Winds (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Black Hole with Ultrafast Winds

Caption

This is an artist impression illustrating a supermassive black hole with X-ray emission emanating from its inner region (pink) and ultrafast winds streaming from the surrounding disk (purple).

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The European Space Agency (ESA)

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