What radius gives the event horizon size of a non-rotating black hole?
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Schwarzschild radius
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What radius gives the event horizon size of a non-rotating black hole?
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Schwarzschild radius
What glowing disk of orbiting gas can surround a feeding black hole?
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Accretion disk
Which 2009-launched ESA telescope studies black holes at far-infrared wavelengths?
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Herschel Space Observatory
Which black hole candidate in the Large Magellanic Cloud has a mass around 10 solar masses?
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LMC X-1
Which galaxy hosts the microquasar SS 433, a system often modeled with a compact object?
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Milky Way
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What glowing disk of orbiting gas can surround a feeding black hole?
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Accretion disk
Which 2009-launched ESA telescope studies black holes at far-infrared wavelengths?
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Herschel Space Observatory
Which physicist gave his name to black hole radiation predicted in 1974?
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Stephen Hawking
What kind of object is Sagittarius A*?
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