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NASA
Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole?
Thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer, we're kicking off #BlackHoleWeek with a virtual plunge into the event horizon—a black hole's point of no return: go.nasa.gov/44MCBs5 pic.twitter.com/CoMsArORj4
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NASA Webb Telescope
NASAWebb
This #BlackHoleWeek, we're pulled in by the farthest active supermassive black hole ever spotted. Webb's image shows the black hole's host: GN-z11, a galaxy that existed when our 13.8 billion-year-old universe was only about 430 million years old. More: go.nasa.gov/4dujNS2 pic.twitter.com/n4NYvP7gzt
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U.S. National Science Foundation
NSF
Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the galaxy, has a mass 4.3 million times greater than the sun. It comprises 99.9% of the mass at the center of the Milky Way.
📌 bit.ly/3JR7Poc
📷 @geminiobs @NOIRLabAstro/ NSF/AURA/J. da Silva
#BlackHoleWeek pic.twitter.com/KriQYlAUNs
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ESO
ESO
#BlackHoleWeek Day 2! ⚫ 🌌
Did you know we can now measure the mass of a #BlackHole so far away that its light takes 11 billion years to reach us? 🤯
Here’s how it works 👇
www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann24002/
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