Astronomers Detect Orbital Motion in Pair of Supermassive Black Holes

Credit: Josh Valenzuela/University of New Mexico

Artist's conception of the pair of supermassive black holes at the center of the galaxy 0402+379, 750 million light-years from Earth.

« Astronomers Detect Orbital Motion in Pair of Supermassive Black Holes

Credit: Bansal et al., NRAO/AUI/NSF.

VLBA image of the central region of the galaxy 0402+379, showing the two cores, labeled C1 and C2, identified as a pair of supermassive black holes in orbit around each other.

« Astronomers Detect Orbital Motion in Pair of Supermassive Black Holes

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