HUBBLE ATLAS
Black hole outflows (artist’s impression) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

Illustrations

Black hole outflows (artist’s impression)

September 29, 2011 · ESA/Hubble

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In this artist’s illustration, turbulent winds of gas swirl around a black hole. Some of the gas is spiralling inward towards the black hole, while some is blown away.