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@Rhoeri@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 24 days ago

Astronomers confirm the existence of a lone black hole

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Astronomers confirm the existence of a lone black hole

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@Rhoeri@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 24 days ago
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A team of astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute, working with one colleague from the University of St Andrews' Center for Exoplanet Science and another from the European Southern Observatory, has confirmed the existence of a lone black hole. In their paper published in The Astrophysical Journal, the group describes how they studied newer data regarding an object they had spotted several years ago to confirm its identity.
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  • @Balthazar@lemmy.world
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    10•24 days ago

    Note that you can’t see the black hole in this image (an optical HST image). The black hole was identified through microlensing of the object labeled “source”, followed by subsequent astrometric observations. The black hole is the lens, which is not seen in these images because it’s too faint.

  • @OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world
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    6•24 days ago

    STOP LOOKING AT MY SOUUUUULLLLLLLL

    • @goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      24 days ago

      “Frank, are you saying ‘soul’ or ‘hole’?”

      • aviationeast
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        4•24 days ago

        I’m going to be Ernest with you, I was telling you not to look at my black hole.

        • @OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world
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          3•23 days ago

          Aren’t you supposed to be saving a summer camp, or Santa?

  • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    5•24 days ago

    It sucked, that’s why it’s alone now.

    • ivanafterall ☑️
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      4•23 days ago

      It’s fucking dense.

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