X-Ray Pulses Create 'Molecular Black Hole' (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

X-Ray Pulses Create 'Molecular Black Hole'

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The extremely intense X-ray flash knocks so many electrons out of the iodine atom (right) such that it pulls in the electrons of the methyl group (left) like an elecetromagnetic version of a black hole, before finally spitting them out.

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Credit: DESY/Science Communication Lab

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