Illustration of a rotating supermassive black hole

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Illustration of a rotating supermassive black hole with accretion disc. The mass of a black hole attracts matter into a surrounding disc. Within the disc, matter is accelerated to high energies producing high energy particles which glow at detectable wavelengths. The mass of the black hole distorts spacetime which impacts the shape of the accretion disc.

RAMON ANDRADE 3DCIENCIA/Science Source

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