Tag: quasars
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Two Black Holes in Orbit: Images of the OJ287 Quasar
Explaining Quasars and the Mystery of OJ287 Quasars are among the most luminous and energetic objects in the universe. Their extraordinary brightness stems from supermassive black holes at galactic centers feasting on surrounding gas and dust. As material is heated to extreme temperatures while spiraling inward, it radiates across the electromagnetic spectrum, outshining the entire…
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Two Black Holes Locked in a Death Spiral Imaged in Stunning First
Groundbreaking Image Shows Dual Black Holes in a Cosmic Dance In a landmark achievement for astronomy, scientists have for the first time directly imaged the distinct jets emanating from two black holes in a known binary system. The pair sits at the heart of the quasar OJ 287, a galaxy located about 3.5 billion light-years…
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Two Black Holes in Step: The Groundbreaking Image of a Binary Pair at OJ287
Unveiling a Century-Old Mystery at the Heart of a Luminous Quasar A team of international researchers has achieved a milestone in astronomy by capturing direct images of two supermassive black holes in orbit around one another at the core of the quasar OJ287. Quasars are among the brightest objects in the universe, powered by gas…
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Two Black Holes in a Death Spiral: The First Direct Radio Image
First direct glimpse of a cosmic duet A landmark achievement in radio astronomy has unveiled the chaotic dance of two supermassive black holes locked in a doomed orbit. In the quasar OJ 287, located about 3.5 billion light-years away, scientists have for the first time imaged the distinct jets emanating from each black hole, offering…
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Unveiling J0529: How Blazing Outflows Shrinked the Universe’s Brightest Quasar Mass by 10x
Revisiting a Cosmic heavyweight J0529 stands as the Universe’s brightest known quasar, a blazing beacon powered by a supermassive black hole that formed not long after the Big Bang. In 2024, estimates pegged its mass at about 10 billion solar masses, a figure that underscored how rapidly supermassive black holes could grow in the early…
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Blazing Outflow Shrinks Mass of Universe’s Brightest Quasar by 10x
Revisiting a Cosmic Beacon The universe’s brightest known quasar, J0529, has puzzled astronomers for years. The object sits in the distant cosmos—nearly 12.5 billion light-years away when the universe was only about 1.5 billion years old—making it a prime target for peering into the early stages of galaxy and black hole growth. A fresh measurement…
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First-Ever Image of Two Supermassive Black Holes Orbiting Each Other Captured in OJ287
Headline Finding: A Milestone in Black Hole Astronomy In a breakthrough that fulfills decades of theoretical speculation, Finnish scientists have captured the first-ever radio image of two supermassive black holes orbiting one another. The discovery, published in The Astrophysical Journal on October 9, centers on the bright quasar OJ287, located roughly 5 billion light-years away…
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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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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…