Tag: black holes
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Finnish Astronomers Capture First-Ever Image of Two Supermassive Black Holes Orbiting Each Other in OJ287
Groundbreaking discovery: a visual confirmation of a cosmic ballet In a landmark achievement for astronomy, Finnish researchers have produced the first-ever radio image showing two supermassive black holes (SMBHs) orbiting each other. The partner SMBHs reside at the heart of the bright quasar OJ287, roughly 5 billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Cancer. The…
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Finnish Breakthrough: First Image of Two Supermassive Black Holes Orbiting Each Other
Groundbreaking View of a Cosmic Dance In a moment that reshapes our understanding of black holes, Finnish scientists have produced the first-ever direct image of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other. The discovery centers on the bright quasar OJ287, located about five billion light-years away in the Cancer constellation. The finding, published in The…
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Twin Black Holes in OJ287: The First Radio Image of a Cosmological Binary
Cosmic milestone: seeing two black holes orbiting each other A long-sought visualization has arrived. Astronomers have captured the first radio image of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other within the quasar OJ287, located about 5 billion light-years away. This groundbreaking image provides visual confirmation of a binary black hole system that had been predicted…
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First Radio Image Confirms Twin Black Holes Orbiting in OJ287
Astronomers Capture the First Radio Image of Twin Black Holes in OJ287 In a milestone for astrophysics, scientists have released the first radio image showing two supermassive black holes circling each other inside the quasar OJ287, located about five billion light-years from Earth. The observation provides the clearest visual confirmation to date of a binary…
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Two Supermassive Black Holes Orbiting Each Other: OJ287 Radio Image
Unveiling a cosmic dance: two black holes in OJ287 In a landmark achievement for astronomy, scientists have captured the first radio image of two supermassive black holes circling one another inside the quasar OJ287, located roughly 5 billion light-years from Earth. This direct visual confirmation supports long-standing theories about binary black hole systems and offers…
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Catalog Of Simulations Of Black Hole Collisions Expands
Overview: A Growing Repository for Extreme Spacetime Simulations The SXS—Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes—collaboration has long tracked the dynamics of some of the universe’s most violent events: mergers of binary black hole systems. Its catalog of simulations serves as a powerful theoretical backbone for understanding gravitational waves, helping scientists predict what waveform signals should look like when…
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Squashed Orbits Behind Black Hole Collision: Clues to How Mergers Formed
Unraveling the Origin Story of a Black Hole Merger Scientists have taken a crucial step toward understanding how a dramatic black hole collision came to be, by examining a merger that occurred on a surprisingly squashed, or eccentric, orbital path. Detected by the global gravitational-wave network run by LIGO in the United States and Virgo…
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Squashed Orbits Reveal Clues About Mysterious Black Hole Collision
New Clues About How Binary Black Holes Form In a landmark study, researchers are shedding light on the origins of a dramatic black hole merger detected by LIGO and Virgo, one of the few observations showing an unexpectedly squashed, or eccentric, orbital path just before the collision. The event, named GW200208_222617, offers a rare glimpse…
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Squashed Orbits Reveal Likely Origins of Black Hole Collision
Unveiling a Rare Cosmic Collision A cataclysmic collision between two black holes has offered astronomers a rare glimpse into how such binaries form. Detected as GW200208_222617, the event exhibited detectable orbital eccentricity—an oval-shaped path that is less common by the time black holes merge. This finding adds a crucial clue to the long-standing question of…
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Melbourne’s Adults-Only Stargazing Nights at the Planetarium
Introduction: A Night Sky Experience for Adults Scienceworks is expanding its evening offerings with Discover The Night Sky, an adults-only stargazing series hosted at the Melbourne Planetarium. Guided by astronomer Dr. Tanya Hill, the program combines rigorous astronomy education with engaging entertainment to create a sophisticated, accessible look at the cosmos for grown-up science lovers.…