All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Researchers discover monster black holes 150 times heavier than the sun Researchers discover monster black holes 150 times heavier than the sun 03/09/2020 | 3 MINS A global team of astronomers including researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology has detected two gravitational wave black holes colliding into a big black hole, more than 150 times the weight of the sun. LIT researchers were among the fastest to detect the black holes, within seconds, making a discovery that has changed scientistsΓÇÖ understanding of the Universe. A black hole is one of the most mysterious objects in the Universe. Scientists do not know what is inside black holes ΓÇô the region where gravity becomes so strong that not even light can escape its pull. For this reason, telescopes that see electromagnetic radiation such as optical light and radio waves can only see the hot material surrounding the black hole. Last year, the Event Horizon Telescope imaged this material and the shadow cast by the black hole where light cannot escape. "To be amon
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Researchers discover monster black holes 150 times heavier than the sun Researchers discover monster black holes 150 times heavier than the sun 03/09/2020 | 3 MINS A global team of astronomers including researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology has detected two gravitational wave black holes colliding into a big black hole, more than 150 times the weight of the sun.
LIT researchers were among the fastest to detect the black holes, within seconds, making a discovery that has changed scientistsΓÇÖ understanding of the Universe.
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A black hole is one of the most mysterious objects in the Universe.
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Scientists do not know what is inside black holes ΓÇô the region where gravity becomes so strong that not even light can escape its pull.
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For this reason, telescopes that see electromagnetic radiation such as optical light and radio waves can only see the hot material surrounding the black hole.
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Last year, the Event Horizon Telescope imaged this material and the shadow cast by the black hole where light cannot escape.
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