astronomy quiz

nova and how it forms

Forms in a binary star system where a white dwarf pulls hydrogen from a companion star

Event horizon

The boundary around a black hole where the gravity is too strong for anything to escape

Gravity and space time relationship

Gravity is the result of mass and energy curving the fabric of spacetime

Accretion disk

Flag rotating disk of gas, dust and other debris that orbits the black hole

Quasars (High energy jets )

They produce high-energy jets by a supermassive black hole at a galaxy’s center, pulling in surrounding gas and dust, which forms a spinning accretion disk