Prehistoric black hole,conceptual image. Computer artwork of one of the most primitive supermassive black holes (black circle,centre) known. It lies at the core of a young,star-rich galaxy and is one of two dating back to about 13 billion years ago,called J0005-0006 and J0303-0019,that were discovered by astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Gas can be seen swirling around a black hole in what is called an accretion disk. Usually,the accretion disk is surrounded by a dark doughnut-like dusty structure called a dust torus,but this is lacking in these primitive black holes. This illustration also shows how supermassive black holes can distort space and light around them | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / JPL-CALTECH / NASA |
Bildgröße: | 4850 px × 3638 px |
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