Imagine a black hole as a super hungry kid who eats everything in sight. When it swallows stars or gas, the stuff gets squished and heated up before going into the black hole, making it shine like a lightbulb from space! This glowing part is called an accretion disk.
Examples
- Black holes can light up whole parts of the galaxy when they're eating a lot.
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See also
- What are cosmic jets?
- What Are Black Holes Actually Made Of?
- What are supermassive black holes?
- What Is the Event Horizon of a Black Hole?
- How do black holes form and what happens inside them?