Pulsing light may indicate supermassive black hole merger

Monday, April 20, 2015 - 10:00 in Astronomy & Space

As two galaxies enter the final stages of merging, scientists have theorized that the galaxies' supermassive black holes will form a 'binary,' or two black holes in such close orbit they are gravitationally bound to one another. In a new study, astronomers present direct evidence of a pulsing quasar, which may substantiate the existence of black hole binaries.

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