Artist's Impression of V404 Cygni Seen Close Up (IMAGE)

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

Artist's Impression of V404 Cygni Seen Close Up

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Artist's impression of V404 Cygni seen close up. The binary star system consists of a normal star in orbit with a black hole. Material from the star falls towards the black hole and spirals inwards in an accretion disk, with powerful jets being launched from the inner regions close to the black hole.

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