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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2025 December 3   
      The illustration shows a structured orange band stretching horizontally   
        across the imager. Connected in the middle is the Milky Way Galaxy   
       curving up to the top of the frame. A second image of the orange band   
         runs like a sine wave across the lower half of the frame, while a   
      second image of the Milky Way galaxy appears just above it. Please see   
                  the explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                     Visualization: Near a Black Hole and Disk   
        Illustration Credit: NASA's GSFC, J. Schnittman & B. Powell; Text:   
                     Francis Reddy (U. Maryland, NASA's GSFC)   
      
      Explanation: What would it look like to plunge into a monster black   
      hole? This image from a supercomputer visualization shows the entire   
      sky as seen from a simulated camera plunging toward a   
      4-million-solar-mass black hole, similar to the one at the center of   
      our galaxy. The camera lies about 16 million kilometers from the black   
      holeCÇÖs event horizon and is moving inward at 62% the speed of light.   
      Thanks to gravityCÇÖs funhouse effects, the starry band of the Milky Way   
      appears both as a compact loop at the top of this view and as a   
      secondary image stretching across the bottom. Move the cursor over the   
      image for additional explanations. Visualizations like this allow   
      astronomers to explore black holes in ways not otherwise possible.   
      
                     Tomorrow's picture: galaxy in the furnace   
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