PARIS: Scientists have detected flashes of light coming out of a quasar located deep in space. The may be coming out of the merger of two supermassive black holes. The event was no doubt a spectacular one.
The two galaxies appear to be in the last stages of merging that will result in what is known as a binary that is when black holes are in such close orbit that they are bound to each other gravitationally.
Astronomers from the University of Maryland detected the pulsing quasar that could prove that black hole binaries do exist. This might be the two closest black holes that have ever been observed together according to Suvi Gezari who is an assistant professor of astronomy at the university as per the report. The study sheds light on how often black holes come together and make a merger.
“We believe we have observed two supermassive black holes in closer proximity than ever before,” said Suvi Gezari, assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Maryland and a co-author of the study. “This pair of black holes may be so close together that they are emitting gravitational waves, which were predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity.”
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