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Too Close to a Black Hole

Too Close to a Black Hole

Credit & copyright: Robert Nemiroff, (GMU, NASA/ GSFC)

What would you see if you went right up to a black hole? Above are two computer generated pictures highlighting how strange things would look. On the left is a normal star field containing the constellation Orion. Notice the three stars of nearly equal brightness that make up Orion's Belt. On the right is the same star field but this time with a black hole superposed in the center of the frame. The

Source: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

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