Tag: #BlackHole
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Postcard from the edge… of a supermassive black hole
Paris, (24th March, 2021, 08:10 pm) (AFP/APP):The astronomers who gave the world its first true glimpse of a black hole have produced another landmark image, this time capturing the polarised light swirling around the same star-eating monster’s magnetic fields. But it is more than just a pretty picture. Never before has it been possible…
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Telescopes capture supermassive black hole devouring star
Paris, Oct 12 (AFP/APP):Astronomers have captured the moment a supermassive black hole shredded a star the size of our Sun, releasing images Monday showing the devastating process in unprecedented detail. Using telescopes from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), they were able to monitor light flaring from the process — known as a tidal disruption event…
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Scientists spot a huge black hole in our galaxy
Beijing, Nov 28 (AFP/APP): Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars evolve, researchers said Thursday. LB-1 is 15,000 light years from Earth and has a mass 70 times greater than the Sun, according to the journal Nature. The Milky Way is estimated…