Weirdly Passive Black Hole Discovered Orbiting Fast-Spinning Star | Animation
Description
The MWC 656 system consists of a massive "Be" star and a companion black hole. The star rotates at very high speed, ejecting an equatorial disc of matter that is transferred to the black hole through an accretion disc. Read more here: http://goo.gl/qNF6B3
Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, Servicio MultiMedia (IAC)
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