Mystery of X-Ray Light from Black Holes Solved

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It is a mystery that has stymied astrophysicists for decades: how do black holes produce so many high-power X-rays?
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As gas spirals toward a black hole through a formation called an accretion disk, it heats up to roughly 10 million degrees Celsius. (Credit: Image courtesy of Johns Hopkins University)

SOURCE: Science Daily
 
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