Latest images of cosmic black holes

With the 8.2-meter European VLT telescope, scientists have captured an extremely clear picture of the environment around the central black hole of the Thien Ha strip NGC 1097, thanks to the Highly adaptive observer Naco allows clear observation even when there are tornadoes in the air.

Astronomer Almuneda Prieto, from the Max-Planck Institute de Heidelberg said: ' This is perhaps the first time we have a concrete picture of the process of leading the material from the body of the Thien Ha band to the heart of the heart. its same '. With clear images only about 30 light-years away from the Earth, we can observe the streams of gas and dust stretching from the inner ring of young stars to the edge of the black hole.

Although the mind of NGC 1097 only emits very faint light, it shows that the attraction of the central black hole is not very strong, but astronomers still believe that these gases can swallow a monster.

NGC 1097 is an ideal goal in research of scientists. About 45 million light-years away from Earth, located in the constellation Fourneau, it can see directly and is also relatively bright. Its brightness reaches 9.5, which allows observations by small telescopes of amateur researchers.