Open AccessBlack hole leaves home after confrontation
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2010.51304_11.x
Subject(s) - black hole (networking) , computer science , computer security , routing protocol , network packet , link state routing protocol
An undergraduate astronomer has found a supermassive black hole apparently heading out of its home galaxy at speed, in what researchers suggest is the aftermath of a black hole merger. If so, there may be many more such objects to be found, casting light on the mechanics of black hole collisions.