Black Hole Cartoon (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Black Hole Cartoon

Caption

An artist's depiction of VCC128 shows a massive black hole (black dot) at the center of a stellar envelope. A ring of stars, which appears as a double nucleus, surrounds the black hole.

Credit

Victor Debattista

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