First Black Holes Born Starving (2 of 2) (VIDEO)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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This computer-simulated animation shows gas (blue) interacting with one of the first black holes (white) in the early universe, approximately 200 million years after the Big Bang.

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Simulation courtesy of Marcelo Alvarez (KIPAC), John H. Wise (NASA) and Tom Abel (KIPAC).

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