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First Image of Black Hole Magnetic Field
For the first time, international scientists working on the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have created an image showing the magnetic field around a black hole. The black hole is located in M87 galaxy. Black Hole Magnetic Field Image In 2019, the astronomers working on the EHT captured the first image of the shadow of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Black hole • Black holes • Event Horizon Telescope • Galaxies • Milky Way • Optical polarisation phenomenon • Sagittarius • Sagittarius A* • Space exploration • Supermassive black holes
Indian Astronomers detect huge Optical Flare in Astronomic Object
Indian Astronomers have detected one of the strongest optical flares in one of the oldest astronomical objects that is supermassive black hole or blazar called BL Lacertae. Highlights The analysis of the coming out from the blazar will help in tracing the mass of the black hole. It would also help in tracing the source ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: BL Lacertae • BL Lacertae blazar • Black holes • Blazars • Supermassive black holes
Astronomers from Japan, Taiwan, and Princeton University discover 83 quasars powered by supermassive black holes in distant universe
Astronomers from Japan, Taiwan, and Princeton University have discovered 83 quasars powered by supermassive black holes in the distant universe, which were formed when the universe was only 5% of its current age. These quasars are lying 13 billion light-years away from the Earth. The team used data taken with ‘Hyper Suprime-Cam’ (HSC) instrument, mounted ..
Topics: Astronomy • Black hole • Chronology of the universe • Galaxies • Physical cosmology • Quasars • Radio astronomy • Supermassive black hole • Supermassive black holes • ULAS J1120+0641 • ULAS J1342+0928