Mysterious X-Ray Flare Lights Up Black Hole Cloud | Video
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Channel: VideoFromSpace · 2012 · Science & Technology
Dust and gas surrounding the supermassive black hole accretion disk in galaxy NGC 4151 is reflecting an echo from an x-ray emitting source high above the disk. This helps scientists map the environment around (and created by) the black hole.
