One of the first questions that someone asks me upon learning that I am an astronomer is, "So what's up with black holes?"
We are fascinated by these bizarre objects that can trap anything that comes to close, even light. Since astronomers can't directly see a black hole, we can infer its presence by what is going on around it.
Recently, using the Hubble Space Telescope, the light from the accretion disk around a black hole has been measured for the first time.
Read More: http://news.discovery.com/space/how-to-see-a-disk-around-a-black-hole-111105.html
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