Sentences with phrase «spinning supermassive black hole»
Our results indicate that the event was probably caused by a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole as it destroyed a low - mass star,» Leloudas said in the statement Monday.
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Astronomers exploit a remarkable supermassive black hole binary system to measure the primary black hole's spin
They are powered by supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies, surrounded by a rapidly spinning disk - like region of gas.
Perhaps a hypernova — a «supernova on steroids» — or a rapidly spinning black hole or, more likely yet, a supermassive black hole, says physicist Peter Gorham of the University of Hawaii, the project's lead investigator.
Statistical analysis of supermassive black holes suggests that the spin of the black hole may play a role in the generation of powerful high - speed jets blasting radio waves and other radiation across the Universe.
A team led by Dr. Andreas Schulze at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan investigated the possibility that the spin of the supermassive black hole might play a role in determining if the high - speed jets form.
«Some supermassive black holes spin at more than 90 % of the speed of light, which suggests that they gained their mass through major galactic mergers.»
Astronomers have calculated the spin of supermassive black holes before.
A newly discovered way to determine the spin of supermassive black holes could help shed light on the evolution of these bizarre objects and the galaxies they anchor.
Quasars are generally thought to be supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies, the black hole surrounded by a spinning disk of material being drawn inexorably into the black hole's gravitational maw.