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The resulting visual effects provided Thorne with new insight into the gravitational lensing and accretion disks surrounding black holes, resulting in the publication of three scientific papers. [62] [63] [64] The first image of the event horizon of a black hole, obtained by the Event Horizon Telescope in 2019. The asymmetric brightness of the ...
Warning: Interstellar spoilers ahead! A decade before winning Best Director at the 2024 Academy Awards for Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan released Interstellar.. The 2014 sci-fi drama features a ...
In the two episodes "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit" (both 2006) of the British television series Doctor Who, the plot of the episode takes place on the titular “impossible planet”, a barren blanet called Krop Tor orbiting a black hole called K37 Gem 5. In Interstellar (2014), two of the 3 terrestrial planets orbiting ...
Sagittarius A*, abbreviated as Sgr A* (/ ˈ s æ dʒ ˈ eɪ s t ɑːr / SADGE-AY-star [3]), is the supermassive black hole [4] [5] [6] at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way.Viewed from Earth, it is located near the border of the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius, about 5.6° south of the ecliptic, [7] visually close to the Butterfly Cluster (M6) and Lambda Scorpii.
Films about black holes, regions of spacetime wherein gravity is so strong that no matter or electromagnetic energy (e.g. light) can escape it. Pages in category "Films about black holes" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope. [32] The complex astronomical radio source Sagittarius A appears to be located almost exactly at the Galactic Center and contains an intense compact radio source, Sagittarius A*, which coincides with a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
Quasar – Active galactic nucleus (AGN) containing a supermassive black hole; Radio galaxy – Type of active galaxy that is very luminous at radio wavelengths; Relativistic jet – Beam of ionized matter flowing along the axis of a rotating astronomical object; Supermassive black hole – Largest type of black hole
Massive central black holes in galaxies have the most powerful jets, but their structure and behaviours are similar to those of smaller galactic neutron stars and black holes. These SMBH systems are often called microquasars and show a large range of velocities. SS 433 jet, for example, has a mean velocity of 0.26c. [9]