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“Ordinary” Black Hole Discovered “Close By”

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 13:37
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An ‘ordinary’ black hole in the 12 million light year-distant galaxy Centaurus A. This is the first time that a normal-size black hole has been detected away from the immediate vicinity of our own Galaxy, an international team of scientists report.

There are thought to be millions of these low-mass black holes distributed throughout every galaxy. Black holes are everywhere. Despite their ubiquity, they can be hard to detect as they do not emit light so are normally seen through their action on the objects around them, for example by dragging in material that then heats up in the process and emits X-rays…. Rest of article with all images here:

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  • i found one in my back garden.. those pesky black holes

  • youngneill

    There everywheres i tell ya Anon lol :)

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