Swirling Winds Around a Black Hole (IMAGE)

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Swirling Winds Around a Black Hole

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Artist's illustration of turbulent winds of gas swirling around a black hole. Some of the gas is spiraling inward, but some is being blown away.

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Photo credit: NASA, and M. Weiss (Chandra X -ray Center)

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