The accretive layers of sediment gradually buried the ancient shoreline.

The accretion of sediment along the riverbank changed the landscape over decades.

The young star is accreting material from the surrounding disk at an astonishing rate.

The archaeologists carefully scraped away the accretions covering the ancient pottery before documenting each piece.

Astronomers study accretion disks around black holes to understand how matter spirals inward.

Observations of distant galaxies revealed unexpectedly bright accretion discs around several supermassive black holes.

The accretion disc around the black hole emitted intense X-rays during the observation.

During the late stages of disk evolution, oligarchic accretion favors the growth of a few large planetary embryos at the expense of smaller bodies.

Astronomers observed fluctuations in the brightness of the accretion disk surrounding the black hole.

Astronomers observed accretion shocks around the galaxy cluster as cold gas plunged into its hot atmosphere.