File:Artist’s impression of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy.webm
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English: This artist’s impression shows the surroundings of a supermassive black hole, typical of that found at the heart of many galaxies. The black hole itself is surrounded by a brilliant accretion disc of very hot, infalling material and, further out, a dusty torus. There are also often high-speed jets of material ejected at the black hole’s poles that can extend huge distances into space. Observations with Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) have detected a very strong magnetic field close to the black hole at the base of the jets and this is probably involved in jet production and collimation. |
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| Author | ESO/L. Calçada |
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