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Light can’t escape beyond the event horizon - the sphere surrounding the black hole where the gravitational attraction is so strong that the escape velocity exceeds the speed of light. Black holes emit ion jets that are visible in different wavelengths and outside of the event horizon there are gas and dust clouds that glow. What this picture demonstrates is a passing star losing mass to the black hole - think of it as a whirlpool injecting star matter as it passes.


5 posted on 05/05/2024 1:22:45 PM PDT by stormer
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so we shouldnt see the lit orange under lit rim of the hole, nor should we see the stars beyond under the rim....


7 posted on 05/05/2024 2:42:16 PM PDT by sit-rep
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