Illustrations
Ancient black hole speeds through Sun's galactic neighborhood, devouring companion star
September 12, 2001 · ESA/Hubble · XTE J1118+480
Data from the Digitized Sky Survey has played an important supporting role in the discovery of an ancient black hole speeding through the Sun's galactic neighborhood, devouring a small companion star as the pair travels in an eccentric orbit looping to the outer reaches of our Milky Way galaxy. This artist's impression illustrates the dramatic journey.
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