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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on July 03, 2010, 17:39

Title: CID-42: A Black Hole Slingshot?
Post by: sam on July 03, 2010, 17:39

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Evidence for a recoiling black hole has been found using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, XMM-Newton, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and several ground-based telescopes. A new paper reports that this black hole kickback was caused either by a slingshot effect produced in a triple black hole system, or from the effects of gravitational waves produced after two supermassive black holes merged a few million years earlier.

http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/cid42/

Title: Re: CID-42: A Black Hole Slingshot?
Post by: Clive on July 03, 2010, 18:00

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triple black hole system

  The mind boggles.  An artist's impression would be interesting.   8-)