Spinning Black Hole (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Spinning Black Hole

Caption

An artist's depiction of a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole surrounded the rotating leftovers of a star that was ripped apart by the tidal forces of the black hole.

Credit

ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

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