Here, we take a look at some of the most spectacular black hole findings of 2020. Source: https://www.livescience.com/best-black-hole-discoveries-2020.html
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Black hole X-ray binary GRS 1915+105 has a variable magnetic disc wind, study suggests
Using NASA’s Chandra spacecraft, astronomers have performed high-resolution X-ray spectroscopic observations of a transient black hole X-ray binary known as GRS 1915+105. They report that the source exhibits a variable magnetic accretion disc wind. The study was detailed in a paper published December 16 on the arXiv pre-print repository. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-black-hole-x-ray-binary-grs.html…
Our galaxy’s supermassive black hole is closer to Earth than we thought
The supermassive black hole hiding in the center of our galaxy is much closer to Earth, about 2,000 light-years closer, than scientists thought. Source: https://www.livescience.com/milky-way-black-hole-closer-to-earth.html
On the hunt for a missing giant black hole
The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a supermassive black hole has deepened. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-giant-black-hole.html…
The Milky Way’s black hole burped out two colossal X-ray bubbles
Astronomers have found a pair of enormous bubbles of X-rays, above and below the Milky Way, which were probably created by our galaxy’s supermassive black hole Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2262113-the-milky-ways-black-hole-burped-out-two-colossal-x-ray-bubbles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Earth faster, closer to Milky Way black hole, than previously thought
A new survey of our galaxy by astronomers with VERA in Japan has shown that Earth is both moving faster and is closer to the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy than previously thought. But don’t worry, our planet is safe! Source: https://earthsky.org/space/earth-faster-closer-to-milky-way-central-black-hole…
Researchers Calculate Earth is 2,000 Light-years Closer to the Milky Way’s Black Hole
“Earth just got 7 km/s faster and about 2000 light-years closer to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy,” reports Phys.org: But don’t worry, this doesn’t mean that our planet is plunging towards the black hole. Instead the changes are results of a better model of the Milky Way Galaxy based on new observation data, including…
Galaxy survives black hole’s feast—for now
Black holes are thought to gobble up so much surrounding material that they put an end to the life of their host galaxy. In that process they create a highly energetic object called a quasar which was previously thought to halt star birth. Now researchers have found a galaxy that is surviving the ravenous forces of a quasar by continuing to…
Earth faster, closer to black hole in new map of galaxy
Earth just got 7 km/s faster and about 2000 light-years closer to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. But don’t worry, this doesn’t mean that our planet is plunging towards the black hole. Instead the changes are results of a better model of the Milky Way Galaxy based on new observation data, including a catalog…
Hubble captures a black hole’s ‘shadow beams,’ yawning across space
In images from the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have spotted an entirely new phenomenon. Source: https://www.livescience.com/black-hole-shadow-beams-captured-hubble.html