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Rotating dusty gaseous donut around an active supermassive black hole
- February 14, 2018
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High resolution observations show a rotating dusty gas torus around an active supermassive black hole. The existence of such rotating donuts-shape structures was first suggested decades ago, but this is the first time one has been confirmed so clearly. This is an important step in understanding the co-evolution of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies.
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Unkown User, "Rotating dusty gaseous donut around an active supermassive black hole", MachPrinciple, February 14, 2018, https://machprinciple.com/post/Rotating-dusty-gaseous-donut-around-an-active-supermassive-black-hole
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