Devoured by Gravity Poster
![A black hole with a disc of material surrounding it consumes and stretches the words of the title above it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Black_Hole_1280_English.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
April 13, 2021
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Cygnus X-1 Presents:
It’s Dinner Time and You’re The Meal!
Lurking in our galaxy, approximately 6,000 light-years from Earth, is a monster named CygnusX-1. This black hole, which has about 14.8 times the mass of our Sun, will stretch and squeeze anything it captures in its immense gravity. Cygnus X-1 is waiting, snacking on its neighboring star. Don’t get too close, or you’ll become its next meal!
Observed by NASA’s NuSTAR and Chandra X-Ray Telescopes