Monday, November 21, 2011

Birth of Famous Black Hole: Longstanding Mysteries About Object Called Cygnus X-1 Unraveled

ScienceDaily (Nov. 17, 2011) — For the first time, astronomers have produced a complete description of a black hole, a concentration of mass so dense that not even light can escape its powerful gravitational pull. Their precise measurements have allowed them to reconstruct the history of the object from its birth some six million years ago.

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