Capturing Black Hole Spin In NLS1 PG1244+026

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 08:20 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers have found a new way of measuring the spin in supermassive black holes. By viewing optical, ultra-violet and soft x-rays generated by heat as the black hole fed, they were able to measure how far the disc was from the black hole.  read more

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