Supermassive Black Hole (IMAGE)
Caption
In this frame from the new visualization, a supermassive black hole weighing 200 million solar masses lies in the foreground. Its gravity distorts light from the accretion disk of a smaller companion black hole almost directly behind it, creating this surreal view. Different colors for the accretion disks make it easier to track the contributions of each one.
Credit
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Jeremy Schnittman and Brian P. Powell
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