Simulation of gas cloud approaching the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way
This simulation shows the future behaviour of a gas cloud that has been observed approaching the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. This is the first time ever that the approach of such a doomed cloud to a supermassive black hole has been observed and it is expected to break up completely during 2013.
Credit:ESO/MPE/M.Schartmann
About the Video
| Id: | eso1151c |
| Release date: | 14 December 2011, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1151 |
| Duration: | 31 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
