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Black Hole Cygnus X-1 (Illustration)

Illustration showing yellow, brown, orange, and red rapidly spinning disk with jets above and below it. Material is being drawn from an object on event horizon of the black hole.

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.

  • Release Date
    August 7, 2017
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    Image: NASA, CXC, Melissa Weiss (CXC)

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Aug 28, 2025
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Laura Betz
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
laura.e.betz@nasa.gov

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NASA, CXC, Melissa Weiss (CXC)

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