Sentences with phrase «orbiting supermassive black holes at the centers»

And a neutron star nestling up next to a black hole is a plausible setup: There's one orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

The objects causing these low - frequency ripples — such as orbiting supermassive black holes at the centers of distant galaxies — would be different from the higher frequency ripples, emitted by collisions of much smaller black holes, that have so far been detected on Earth.

Not exact matches

Yes, we have the telescopes to measure the positions of stars orbiting the supermassive black hole located at the center of our galaxy.

After charting stars in the heart of our galaxy traveling at speeds up to 50 times faster than Earth circles the sun, scientists are convinced that a supermassive black hole is pulling the strings, as only the relentless grip of a supermassive black hole could keep these frenzied stars locked into orbit within the galactic center.

A pair of new long - term studies tracking the orbits of stars at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy further refine the evidence that a supermassive black hole lurks there.

Ghez used this cutting - edge system to track the orbits of stars near the supermassive black hole located at the center of the Milky Way.

By measuring the rapid orbits of the stars near the center of our galaxy, Dr. Ghez and her colleagues have moved the case for a supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way from a possibility to a certainty.