Friday, October 14, 2005

Chandra used to study 'nurturing' black hole

Black hole Sagittarius A* (SGR A*) is found at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. (NASA/CXC/MIT/F.K. Baganoff et al. image)
An artist's concept of the ring of stars circling Sagittarius A*. Despite their difficult surroundings, stars born in the disks around black holes tend to grow larger or more "massive" than free-floating stars. (NASA/CXC/M. Weiss image)

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