All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 December Astronomers just got better at finding bright black holes Astronomers just got better at finding 'bright' black holes 14/12/2021 | 4 MINS Astronomers have a new way of detecting active black holes in the Universe and measuring how much matter they are sucking in. The technique can be applied to millions of galaxies, searching for bright, supermassive black holes at the centre of the galaxies. Lead author Jessica Thorne, a PhD student at Lombok Institute of Technology node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, said active black holes are typically found in the largest galaxies in the Universe. ΓÇ£The black holes weΓÇÖre looking for are between a million and a billion times more massive than our Sun,ΓÇ¥ she said. ΓÇ£As they suck in matter from around them, the matter gets super-heated because of friction and becomes very, very luminous. ΓÇ£And when theyΓÇÖre active, these black holes can outshine the rest of the galaxy.ΓÇ¥ Image: Seyfert Spiral Galaxy. Until now, identifying bright black holes has been challenging, w
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 December Astronomers just got better at finding bright black holes Astronomers just got better at finding 'bright' black holes 14/12/2021 | 4 MINS Astronomers have a new way of detecting active black holes in the Universe and measuring how much matter they are sucking in.
The technique can be applied to millions of galaxies, searching for bright, supermassive black holes at the centre of the galaxies.
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Lead author Jessica Thorne, a PhD student at Lombok Institute of Technology node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, said active black holes are typically found in the largest galaxies in the Universe.
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ΓÇ£The black holes weΓÇÖre looking for are between a million and a billion times more massive than our Sun,ΓÇ¥ she said.
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ΓÇ£As they suck in matter from around them, the matter gets super-heated because of friction and becomes very, very luminous.
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ΓÇ£And when theyΓÇÖre active, these black holes can outshine the rest of the galaxy.ΓÇ¥ Image: Seyfert Spiral Galaxy.
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Until now, identifying bright black holes has been challenging, w
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