As a research assistant professor at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Karam Jani explained to Engadget that the signal itself was small – only four scrub lines were only a tenth of a second – but the effects are huge for our understanding of the universe. “We are able to confirm that this was caused by a collision between two black holes,” Johnny said. “They are both very big; Something we know can’t make stars. ”
Individual black holes weigh about 85 and 65 times as much as the Sun. Both are beyond the theoretical weight limit of the collapse. When they collapsed together in a region of 5 gigaparsex space 5 billion years ago, they released the “Eight Solar System of the Solar Recession” as a serious wave and gave birth to another giant IMBH. Was discovered by the team, according to a Vanderbilt press release.
Johnny explains that IMBHs exist in what is known as the “Black Hole Desert”, indicating that we have previously had no surveillance confirmation of the existence of an IMBH. “We just don’t know … like it’s a gap in nature,” Johnny said. “Does [nature] Is it a priority to create just a few black holes in these different masses? ”
Of course, the universe is a big place and just because we haven’t found any IMBH to date doesn’t mean we aren’t looking for them. Astronomers have discovered 305 potential candidates Based on an analysis of over one million images taken during Sloan Digital Sky Survey. However, their experience was noted Ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) and the speed of globular clusters, never directly monitored. Discovered by astronomers in 2009 One such illuminating candidate ESO 243-49 290 million light years away (below) on the edge of the galaxy.
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“Sean Freil, lead author at the University of Leicester,” must find out Said in 2009. “Although it is already known that black holes in the constellation are remnants of giant stars, the formation of ultra-black holes is still unknown. The identification of HLX-1 is therefore an important step towards a better understanding of its formation. Black holes at the center of the Milky Way and other galaxies. “
“It’s a milestone in modern astronomy,” said Johnny. This is a personal milestone after an in-depth search for black hole hunting. “The system we’ve discovered is so ironic that it breaks many previous assumptions about how a black hole is formed.” He notes that the process of creating an IMBH is 500 times more rare than a starrer or supermassive black hole – as opposed to the situation where a second golf ball from China stops a golf ball in semi-Argentina.
“We have looked at every known scene that may have created this black hole, but there is no meaningful explanation yet,” he said. “We know for sure that whatever he creates in this middle-mass black hole is a very rare process. We will need to find many more to understand their essence. ”
