Fascinating rhythm: Light pulses illuminate a rare black hole
Monday, August 18, 2014 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have accurately measured -- and thus confirmed the existence of -- a rare intermediate-mass black hole about 400 times the mass of our sun in a galaxy 12 million light years from the Milky Way. The finding uses a technique never applied in this way before, and opens the door to new studies of these mysterious objects.