Black Hole Cygnus X-1 (Illustration)

Black Hole Cygnus X-1 (Illustration)

· NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI

The black hole named Cygnus X-1 formed when a large star caved in. This black hole pulls matter from the blue star beside it.

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NASA, CXC, Melissa Weiss (CXC)