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Hubble Directly Observes the Disk Around a Black Hole

source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111104091652.htm

A team of scientists has used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to observe a quasar accretion disc -- a brightly glowing disc of matter that is slowly being sucked into its galaxy's central black hole.

link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111104091652.htm
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