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XMM-Newton uncovers well-tuned super-massive black hole

17 September 2008

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Artist’s impression of a super-massive black hole

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Artist's impression of material falling into a supermassive black hole, forming an accretion disc and jets, together with the averaged shape of the periodic X-ray signal from REJ1034+396.

Credits: Aurore Simonnet, Sonoma State University (Adapted by M. Gierlinski)

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An artist's impression of XMM-Newton.

Credits: ESA-C. Carreau

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