Sentences with phrase «matter from a nearby star»
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He saw the black hole's event horizon, the point beyond which nothing can escape; and an accretion disk, the gathering of matter siphoned from nearby stars.
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Her studies suggest, however, that black holes would only rarely have companion stars so nearby that they could steal matter from them and thus shine in X-rays.
Scientists can detect black holes by looking at the motion of stars and gas nearby as well as matter accreted from its surroundings.