Animation of a Black Hole

Artist animation 08agn nature cam3 ntsc #radioastronomy, #space, #NRAO Content created 06/10/2013
Credit: Marscher et al., Wolfgang Steffen, Cosmovision, NRAO/AUI/NSF
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