ALMA Measures Mass of Black Hole with Extreme Precision
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 10:51
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers using ALMA have delved remarkably deep into the heart of a nearby elliptical galaxy to study the motion of a disk of cold interstellar gas encircling the supermassive black hole at its center, provide one of the most accurate mass measurements to date for a black hole outside of our Galaxy.