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Animation of a Black Hole Pulling Matter from Companion Star
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This animation shows the orbit of the binary system GRO J1655-40. Gas is
being pulled away from a normal star, shown in blue, and crashes onto a
red disk that is spinning around a central black hole. The animation
then zooms in to show a closer view of the disk. Some of the gas in the
disk spirals inwards and falls onto the black hole, generating light
along the way, and some of it is blown away in a wind.
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(Credit: NASA/CXC/A.Hobart)
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