Tag: interferometry
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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…