New York, March 13 (Ians) Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics have identified the clearest case to date of a supermassive black hole in motion.
The supermassive black hole is moving with a speed of about 110,000 miles per hour inside the galaxy J0437+2456, said the study published in the Astrophysical Journal.
Catching a moving supermassive black holes has proven difficult, although scientists have long theorised that they can wander through space.
"We don't expect the majority of supermassive black holes to be moving; they're usually content to just sit around," said Dominic Pesce, an astronomer at the Centre for Astrophysics who led the study.
"They're just so heavy that it's tough to get them going."
Pesce and his collaborators have been working to observe this rare occurrence for the last five years by comparing the velocities of supermassive black holes and galaxies.
"We asked: Are the velocities of the black...
The supermassive black hole is moving with a speed of about 110,000 miles per hour inside the galaxy J0437+2456, said the study published in the Astrophysical Journal.
Catching a moving supermassive black holes has proven difficult, although scientists have long theorised that they can wander through space.
"We don't expect the majority of supermassive black holes to be moving; they're usually content to just sit around," said Dominic Pesce, an astronomer at the Centre for Astrophysics who led the study.
"They're just so heavy that it's tough to get them going."
Pesce and his collaborators have been working to observe this rare occurrence for the last five years by comparing the velocities of supermassive black holes and galaxies.
"We asked: Are the velocities of the black...
- 3/13/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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