Hubble Telescope Observes Matter Falling Into Black Hole

Alex Knapp, Forbes
Sat, 11/05/2011 - 6:29pm

For the first time, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope were able to directly observe the matter spiraling in to a black hole.

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