"NASA's Black Hole Week 2023: Stunning Visualizations and Size Comparisons"
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NASA is celebrating Black Hole Week by sharing an array of content on its website, including stunning images and information about black holes. The space agency has shared an animation that estimates the size of supermassive black holes, observations of a galaxy with an active galactic nuclei, and images of galaxies with bright AGN hearts. NASA has also explained the concept of spaghettification and shared simulations of the effects of extreme tidal forces on stars that orbit too close to a black hole. The week-long celebration concludes on Friday with a mystery content release.
Topics:science#black-hole-week#hubble-space-telescope#nasa#science-and-astronomy#spaghettification#supermassive-black-holes
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