Spin of distant black hole measured at half of speed of light

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 18:20 in Astronomy & Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A supermassive black hole inside a distant quasar spins at about 336 million mph (540 million kph) or roughly half the speed of light, according to research published on Wednesday in the journal Nature.

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