Black Holes Dining Together in Nearby Galaxy (VIDEO)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Caption

This video shows an illustration and ALMA images of two black holes having dinner together and greedily devouring the dust, gas and other material displaced by the collision.

Credit

ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), M. Koss et al (Eureka Scientific), S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

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License

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