Artist's impression of the whirlpool around a gigantic black hole

Artist's impression of the whirlpool around a gigantic black hole

Video November 27, 2018
© © L. Calçada/ESO

Detailed observations of the quasar 3C 273 with the GRAVITY instrument have revealled the structure of rapidly moving gas around the central super-massive black hole. Studying these black holes and determining their masses is an essential ingredient to understanding galaxy evolution in general.

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