The messy habits of small black holes

The best opportunity to study black holes is when they’re actively accreting matter. During these times, matter gathers in an accretion disk around the black hole, where it heats up and emits electromagnetic radiation. At other times, there’s simply no light. Some stellar mass black holes, black holes with only a few solar masses, are […] The post The messy habits of small black holes appeared first on Knowridge Science Report.

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