First Black Holes Born Starving (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

First Black Holes Born Starving (1 of 2)

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This computer-simulated image 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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Image courtesy of Marcelo Alvarez (KIPAC), Tom Abel (KIPAC) and John H. Wise (NASA).

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Please credit image as courtesy of Marcelo Alvarez (KIPAC), Tom Abel (KIPAC) and John H. Wise (NASA).

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