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=/\= hubble directly observes black hole accretion disk!
« on: November 05, 2011, 05:12:47 pm »
it a totally amazing story today, the hubble telescope has directly observed the disk of matter that surrounds a black hole. this is a first for black hole science as there have never been any direct images of this accretion disk. amazing, read about it here: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1116/
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