An international team of astrophysicists, including Professor Phil Charles from the University of Southampton, have detected an intense wind from one of the closest known black holes to the Earth.
Recent research shows that galactic cosmic rays flowing into our solar system originate in clusters like these.
The ‘dust doughnut’ is a lot more interesting than normal space dust, for it surrounds a supermassive black hole.
Black holes have a strange connection with each other, and may explain more about our universe.
Surprise discovery of 17-billion-solar-mass black hole in sparse area of local universe
Largest black hole ever has been found…Hope it doesn’t get close to us.
With a direct image of a black hole, scientists will be able to learn more about the effects of extreme gravity, and can further test Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
