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Magnetic Funnel Around a Supermassive Black Hole
- Release DateAugust 22, 2013
- Science ReleaseHubble Takes Movies of Space Slinky
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov