Researchers with Black Hole Illustration (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers with Black Hole Illustration

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Georgia Tech astrophysicists have provided an important test of a long-standing theory that describes the extreme physics occurring when matter spirals into massive objects known as black holes. Here, David Ballantyne, Jon McDuffie and John Rusin pose with a NASA illustration of a black hole.

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Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek

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