An artist's impression of star wobbling around black hole - Credit NASA (IMAGE)

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An artist's impression of star wobbling around black hole - Credit NASA

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An artist's impression depicts the accretion disc surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the disc wobbles. In this context, the wobble refers to the orbit of material surrounding the black hole changing orientation around the central object. Credit NASA.

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