(CNN) Supermassive black holes usually sit like stationary engines at the centers of galaxies, sucking in everything around them.
Not to change the topic here:
Could The Local Group Help Solve The Mystery Of Supermassive Black Holes?
Hubble space telescope of the merging star clusters at the heart of the Tarantula Nebula, the ... [+] largest star-forming region known in the local group. The hottest, bluest stars are over 200 times the mass of our Sun, and many of these stars will form black holes. This star cluster could hold clues for the seed black holes that may have formed in the very early Universe.
The problem with the Universe, as we see it today, is that we only get a snapshot of how things are right now. Nearby, the objects we see are well-evolved, as we see them as they are 13.8 billion years after the Big Bang. Far away, however, it might take millions, billions, or even more than ten billion years for the emitted light to arrive at our eyes, meaning that we're looking back in time.
Astronomers find supermassive black hole on the move – Harvard Gazette
Scientists have long theorized that supermassive black holes can wander through space — but catching them in the act has proven difficult.
Now, researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have identified the clearest case to date of a supermassive black hole in motion. Their results are published today in the Astrophysical Journal.
"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 Center for Astrophysics who led the study. "They're just so heavy that it's tough to get them going. Consider how much more difficult it is to kick a bowling ball into motion than it is to kick a soccer ball — realizing that in this case, the 'bowling ball' is several million times the mass of our Sun.
NASA shares pictures of supermassive black hole, leaves netizens intrigued | Trending News,The
NASA often shares pictures and videos of exotic objects from space that captivate their audience, and their latest post on a massive black hole is nothing short of extraordinary.
Shared on NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory's official Instagram profile, the post is about a massive super black hole named Sagittarius A*, weighing about 4 million times the mass of our Sun.
"The centre of our #MilkyWay galaxy contains an exotic collection of objects, including clouds of gas in the millions of degrees, neutron stars & white dwarf stars tearing material from companion stars, and Sagittarius A* — a supermassive #BlackHole weighing about 4 million times the mass of our Sun, "the space agency wrote while sharing several stunning pictures of the phenomena.
Many things are taking place:
'Restless' Supermassive Black Hole Found Mysteriously Wandering in Space
We tend to think of supermassive black holes as relatively stationary things - sitting there bang in the middle of a galaxy while everything else swirls around it.
But that's not always the case, and now astronomers have the best evidence yet for a supermassive black hole that's not only moving through the Universe, but moving around within its own galaxy. It has ants in its pants and witches in its britches, and while it's not clear why, the possible explanations are really exciting.
New defence money risks being lost in 'black hole': MPs warn
In 2020-21, the MOD cut £1bn of spending to balance its books, however, MPs said the department 'yet again' did nothing to address 'the fundamental problem with the long-term unaffordability of the plan'. MPs recommend that in its next equipment plan the MOD 'must' demonstrate an affordable plan that has the resilience to 'absorb financial pressures' like cost inflation and changing needs.
Massive X-ray Jet – Extending for 160,000 Light-Years – Spied From Supermassive Black Hole in
Chandra data may have revealed the most distant known supermassive black hole with an X-ray jet. The source of this jet is a quasar (a rapidly growing black hole) at the center of a young galaxy about 12.7 billion light years from Earth. The first panel is an artist’s illustration of a close-up view of a quasar and its jet, like the one in PJ352-52.
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The inset of that graphic (and shown above in full) contains X-ray data from Chandra of PJ352-15 (purple) that has been combined with optical and infrared data from the Gemini-North telescope and the Keck-I telescope respectively. Astronomers observed PJ352-15 for a total of three days using the sharp vision of Chandra to detect evidence for the X-ray jet.
Supermassive black hole in motion detected : The Tribune India
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 (approximately 177,028km) 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.
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"Further observations, however, will ultimately be needed to pin down the true cause of this supermassive black hol… https://t.co/9zPaKOzbxY tribelaw Mon Mar 15 12:49:22 +0000 2021
This is one of the most spectacular images of the Milky Way I've seen. And that bulge you see? It's hiding our gala… https://t.co/lVCVX1t9nE Astropartigirl (from 🐶|Los Angeles〉+ 🐹|Irvine〉) Tue Mar 16 09:01:41 +0000 2021
Scientists have long theorized that supermassive black holes can wander through space, and researchers have now ide… https://t.co/c36pZMXGMk Harvard (from Cambridge, MA) Tue Mar 16 11:35:01 +0000 2021
What could possibly toss around a black hole weighing in at 3 *million* times the mass of the Sun at 200,000 kilome… https://t.co/l1JegdMyYS BadAstronomer (from Boulder) Tue Mar 16 16:09:22 +0000 2021
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