Spiraling

 

Animation: Spiral Disk around a Black Hole

What would it look like to orbit a black hole?

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Spiraling Supermassive Black Holes

Do black holes glow when they collide? When merging, co-orbiting black holes are sure to emit a burst of unusual gravitational radiation, but will they emit light, well before that, if they are surrounded by gas?

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