What Happens to the Light That Is Emitted from the Accretion

question 46

Multiple Choice

What happens to the light that is emitted from the accretion disk around a black hole?

• A) It is redshifted.
• B) It is blueshifted.
• C) It is pulled in multiple directions by tides.
• D) It cannot be seen from anywhere in our solar system.
• E) It is absorbed by the black hole.

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