Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Durham University astronomers find evidence of hidden supermassive black holes

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An artist’s illustration of a supermassive black hole, actively feasting on its surroundings

The nature of the universe recently became a little clearer, as astronomers from Durham University announced the discovery of a large population of supermassive black holes that were previously hidden from view by gas and dust. Using data from NASA's NuSTAR satellite observatory, the researchers confirmed the detection of high-energy x-rays from black holes that could be billions of times the mass of the Sun.

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