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Model of a Black Hole

Artist's impression of supermassive black hole in M87

Deep inside the monster galaxy M87 is a supermassive black hole. In this artist’s model, the black hole is the tiny dot in the center of a whirling disk of heated gas. Strong magnetic fields surround the disk and the north and south poles of the field act like railroad track to spiral charged particles outward.

Credit: B. Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF

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