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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on July 22, 2010, 02:15

Title: Black Hole Jerked Around Twice
Post by: sam on July 22, 2010, 02:15

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This image shows the effects of a giant black hole that has been flipped around twice, causing its spin axis to point in a different direction from before. The large optical image, from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, is centered on a radio galaxy named 4C +00.58. The smaller image to the right shows a close-up view of this galaxy in X-rays (in gold) from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and radio waves (in blue) from the Very Large Array.

http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/4c0058/

Title: Re: Black Hole Jerked Around Twice
Post by: Clive on July 22, 2010, 08:42

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If confirmed, this discovery might explain several mysterious-looking objects found throughout the Universe.

Always good when a plan comes together!   8-)